Recognised as Colour

#AE7BBD

#AE7BBD
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Plum

#AE7BBD is a violet with RGB values 174, 123, 189 and HSL 286°, 33%, 61%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.4:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

#AE7BBD#AE7BBD

HEX#AE7BBD

RGBrgb(174, 123, 189)

RGB (0–1)0.6824, 0.4824, 0.7412

RGB percentages68.2%, 48.2%, 74.1%

HSLhsl(286.4, 33.3%, 61.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(286.4, 34.9%, 74.1%)

CMYK7.9%, 34.9%, 0%, 25.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,434,941

CSS custom property--colour: #AE7BBD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.26839WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness148.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.37:1

Contrast with white3.3:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.37:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#8B8B8B

Inverted#518442

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#728AC0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 26.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#7E8FBBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 27.1 from the original

Tritanopia#AE8393no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 27.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.3:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.37:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 15.4 Medium purple · ΔE 24.2 Orchid · ΔE 25.3 Violet · ΔE 28.9 Pale violetred · ΔE 30.7 Cornflower blue · ΔE 31.7

Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 15.38, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#8ABD7B

Analogous#8D7BBD, #BD7BAB

Triadic#BDAE7B, #7BBDAE

Split complementary#ABBD7B, #7BBD8D

Tetradic#BD8D7B, #8ABD7B, #7BABBD

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#EDE1F0

Lighter +20%#D8BFDF

Lighter +10%#C39DCE

Darker −10%#9959AC

Darker −20%#7C468C

Darker −30%#5E356A

Darker −40%#402448

More saturated +25%#BB62D6

Less saturated −25%#A194A4

Channel breakdown

R174

G123

B189

Red174 (68.2%)

Green123 (48.2%)

Blue189 (74.1%)

Hue286.36°

Saturation (HSL)33.33%

Lightness61.18%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR AE · G 7B · B BD

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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