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Recognised as Colour

#AE5AC9

  • #AE5AC9
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium orchid

#AE5AC9 is a violet with RGB values 174, 90, 201 and HSL 285°, 51%, 57%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.1:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium orchid.

Colour values

#AE5AC9#AE5AC9
HEX#AE5AC9
RGBrgb(174, 90, 201)
RGB (0–1)0.6824, 0.3529, 0.7882
RGB percentages68.2%, 35.3%, 78.8%
HSLhsl(285.4, 50.7%, 57.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(285.4, 55.2%, 78.8%)
CMYK13.4%, 55.2%, 0%, 21.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,426,505
CSS custom property--colour: #AE5AC9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.20528WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness135.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.11:1
Contrast with white4.11:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.11:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#747474
Inverted#51A536

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#4178CDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 42.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#5D80C6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 43.9 from the original
Tritanopia#AD6B89no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 43.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.11:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.11:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium orchid · ΔE 8.4Orchid · ΔE 14.4Medium purple · ΔE 16.3Violet · ΔE 19.2Rebecca purple · ΔE 21.7Slate blue · ΔE 22.1
Nearest named CSS colourMedium orchid (#BA55D3)ΔE 8.4, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#75C95A
Analogous#775AC9, #C95AAC
Triadic#C9AE5A, #5AC9AE
Split complementary#ACC95A, #5AC977
Tetradic#C9775A, #75C95A, #5AACC9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F9F4FB
Lighter +30%#E7CDEF
Lighter +20%#D4A7E2
Lighter +10%#C180D6
Darker −10%#973BB5
Darker −20%#772F8E
Darker −30%#572268
Darker −40%#371542
More saturated +25%#BC3FE4
Less saturated −25%#A075AE

Channel breakdown

R174
G90
B201
Red174 (68.2%)
Green90 (35.3%)
Blue201 (78.8%)
Hue285.41°
Saturation (HSL)50.68%
Lightness57.06%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AE · G 5A · B C9

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