Recognised as Colour

#AE75BC

#AE75BC
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Plum

#AE75BC is a violet with RGB values 174, 117, 188 and HSL 288°, 35%, 60%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.1:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

#AE75BC#AE75BC

HEX#AE75BC

RGBrgb(174, 117, 188)

RGB (0–1)0.6824, 0.4588, 0.7373

RGB percentages68.2%, 45.9%, 73.7%

HSLhsl(288.2, 34.6%, 59.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(288.2, 37.8%, 73.7%)

CMYK7.4%, 37.8%, 0%, 26.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,433,404

CSS custom property--colour: #AE75BC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.25352WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness145.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.07:1

Contrast with white3.46:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.07:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#868686

Inverted#518A43

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#6C86BFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 29.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#7A8CBAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 29.9 from the original

Tritanopia#AF7D90no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 28.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.46:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.07:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 17.3 Medium purple · ΔE 21.9 Orchid · ΔE 22.2 Violet · ΔE 26.4 Pale violetred · ΔE 31 Dark slateblue · ΔE 31.1

Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 17.34, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#83BC75

Analogous#8B75BC, #BC75A6

Triadic#BCAE75, #75BCAE

Split complementary#A6BC75, #75BC8B

Tetradic#BC8B75, #83BC75, #75A6BC

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFEFF

Lighter +30%#EADCEE

Lighter +20%#D6BADD

Lighter +10%#C297CD

Darker −10%#9A53AB

Darker −20%#7B4289

Darker −30%#5C3266

Darker −40%#3D2144

More saturated +25%#BE5BD6

Less saturated −25%#9E8FA2

Channel breakdown

R174

G117

B188

Red174 (68.2%)

Green117 (45.9%)

Blue188 (73.7%)

Hue288.17°

Saturation (HSL)34.63%

Lightness59.8%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR AE · G 75 · B BC

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