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Recognised as Colour

#AE5BC8

  • #AE5BC8
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium orchid

#AE5BC8 is a violet with RGB values 174, 91, 200 and HSL 286°, 50%, 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

#AE5BC8#AE5BC8
HEX#AE5BC8
RGBrgb(174, 91, 200)
RGB (0–1)0.6824, 0.3569, 0.7843
RGB percentages68.2%, 35.7%, 78.4%
HSLhsl(285.7, 49.8%, 57.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(285.7, 54.5%, 78.4%)
CMYK13%, 54.5%, 0%, 21.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,426,760
CSS custom property--colour: #AE5BC8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.20651WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness135.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.13:1
Contrast with white4.09:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.13:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#757575
Inverted#51A437

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#4378CCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 41.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#5F80C5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 43.1 from the original
Tritanopia#AD6C89no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 43.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.09:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.13:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium orchid · ΔE 9.4Orchid · ΔE 14Medium purple · ΔE 16Violet · ΔE 19Rebecca purple · ΔE 21.7Slate blue · ΔE 22.2
Nearest named CSS colourMedium orchid (#BA55D3)ΔE 9.36, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#75C85B
Analogous#785BC8, #C85BAB
Triadic#C8AE5B, #5BC8AE
Split complementary#ACC85B, #5BC877
Tetradic#C8775B, #75C85B, #5BACC8

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F9F4FB
Lighter +30%#E7CEEE
Lighter +20%#D4A7E2
Lighter +10%#C181D5
Darker −10%#973CB4
Darker −20%#772F8E
Darker −30%#572367
Darker −40%#371641
More saturated +25%#BC40E3
Less saturated −25%#A076AD

Channel breakdown

R174
G91
B200
Red174 (68.2%)
Green91 (35.7%)
Blue200 (78.4%)
Hue285.69°
Saturation (HSL)49.77%
Lightness57.06%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AE · G 5B · B C8

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