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Recognised as Colour

#AE75EB

  • #AE75EB
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium purple

#AE75EB is a violet with RGB values 174, 117, 235 and HSL 269°, 75%, 69%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium purple.

Colour values

#AE75EB#AE75EB
HEX#AE75EB
RGBrgb(174, 117, 235)
RGB (0–1)0.6824, 0.4588, 0.9216
RGB percentages68.2%, 45.9%, 92.2%
HSLhsl(269, 74.7%, 69%)
HSV / HSBhsv(269, 50.2%, 92.2%)
CMYK26%, 50.2%, 0%, 7.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,433,451
CSS custom property--colour: #AE75EB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.27719WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness152.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.54:1
Contrast with white3.21:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.54:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#8A8A8A
Inverted#518A14

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#518EEFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 34.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#6190E8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 34.9 from the original
Tritanopia#A48AA5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 50.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.21:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.54:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 9.5Medium orchid · ΔE 15.9Medium slateblue · ΔE 16.3Slate blue · ΔE 18Orchid · ΔE 20.2Violet · ΔE 21.1
Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 9.47, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B2EB75
Analogous#7577EB, #E975EB
Triadic#EBAE75, #75EBAE
Split complementary#EBE975, #77EB75
Tetradic#EB7577, #B2EB75, #75EBE9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FCFBFE
Lighter +20%#E2CEF8
Lighter +10%#C8A2F1
Darker −10%#9448E5
Darker −20%#7A20DA
Darker −30%#6119AE
Darker −40%#481381
More saturated +25%#AD61FF
Less saturated −25%#AF89D7

Channel breakdown

R174
G117
B235
Red174 (68.2%)
Green117 (45.9%)
Blue235 (92.2%)
Hue268.98°
Saturation (HSL)74.68%
Lightness69.02%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AE · G 75 · B EB

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