Recognised as Colour

#AE7DBE

#AE7DBE
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Plum

#AE7DBE is a violet with RGB values 174, 125, 190 and HSL 285°, 33%, 62%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

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HEX#AE7DBE

RGBrgb(174, 125, 190)

RGB (0–1)0.6824, 0.4902, 0.7451

RGB percentages68.2%, 49%, 74.5%

HSLhsl(285.2, 33.3%, 61.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(285.2, 34.2%, 74.5%)

CMYK8.4%, 34.2%, 0%, 25.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,435,454

CSS custom property--colour: #AE7DBE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.27384WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness149.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.48:1

Contrast with white3.24:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.48:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#8C8C8C

Inverted#518241

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#748CC0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 26 from the original

Deuteranopia#8090BCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 25.9 from the original

Tritanopia#AE8595no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 27.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.24:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.48:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 14.9 Medium purple · ΔE 24.7 Orchid · ΔE 26.2 Violet · ΔE 29.6 Pale violetred · ΔE 31 Cornflower blue · ΔE 31.1

Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 14.93, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#8DBE7D

Analogous#8E7DBE, #BE7DAD

Triadic#BEAE7D, #7DBEAE

Split complementary#AEBE7D, #7DBE8E

Tetradic#BE8E7D, #8DBE7D, #7DADBE

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#EEE3F1

Lighter +20%#D8C1E0

Lighter +10%#C39FCF

Darker −10%#995BAD

Darker −20%#7D478E

Darker −30%#5F366C

Darker −40%#41254A

More saturated +25%#BA65D6

Less saturated −25%#A295A6

Channel breakdown

R174

G125

B190

Red174 (68.2%)

Green125 (49%)

Blue190 (74.5%)

Hue285.23°

Saturation (HSL)33.33%

Lightness61.76%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR AE · G 7D · B BE

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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