Recognised as Colour

#AE64BD

#AE64BD
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Orchid

#AE64BD is a violet with RGB values 174, 100, 189 and HSL 290°, 40%, 57%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.4:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Orchid.

Colour values

#AE64BD#AE64BD

HEX#AE64BD

RGBrgb(174, 100, 189)

RGB (0–1)0.6824, 0.3922, 0.7412

RGB percentages68.2%, 39.2%, 74.1%

HSLhsl(289.9, 40.3%, 56.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(289.9, 47.1%, 74.1%)

CMYK7.9%, 47.1%, 0%, 25.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,429,053

CSS custom property--colour: #AE64BD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.21787WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness137.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.36:1

Contrast with white3.92:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.36:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#7A7A7A

Inverted#519B42

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#577BC0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 36.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#6C83BAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 38.1 from the original

Tritanopia#AF7088no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 35.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.92:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.36:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Orchid · ΔE 14.4 Medium purple · ΔE 17.1 Medium orchid · ΔE 19.7 Violet · ΔE 20.2 Rebecca purple · ΔE 24.4 Slate blue · ΔE 25.9

Nearest named CSS colourOrchid (#DA70D6)ΔE 14.41, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#73BD64

Analogous#8164BD, #BD64A0

Triadic#BDAE64, #64BDAE

Split complementary#A0BD64, #64BD82

Tetradic#BD8264, #73BD64, #649FBD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#F9F3FA

Lighter +30%#E6CFEB

Lighter +20%#D3ACDB

Lighter +10%#C188CC

Darker −10%#9747A7

Darker −20%#763883

Darker −30%#56295F

Darker −40%#36193C

More saturated +25%#C048D9

Less saturated −25%#9C80A1

Channel breakdown

R174

G100

B189

Red174 (68.2%)

Green100 (39.2%)

Blue189 (74.1%)

Hue289.89°

Saturation (HSL)40.27%

Lightness56.67%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR AE · G 64 · B BD

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