Recognised as Colour

#AE80BA

#AE80BA
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Plum

#AE80BA is a violet with RGB values 174, 128, 186 and HSL 288°, 30%, 62%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

#AE80BA#AE80BA

HEX#AE80BA

RGBrgb(174, 128, 186)

RGB (0–1)0.6824, 0.502, 0.7294

RGB percentages68.2%, 50.2%, 72.9%

HSLhsl(287.6, 29.6%, 61.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(287.6, 31.2%, 72.9%)

CMYK6.5%, 31.2%, 0%, 27.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,436,218

CSS custom property--colour: #AE80BA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.27982WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness150.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.6:1

Contrast with white3.18:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.6:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#8E8E8E

Inverted#517F45

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#798DBCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 23.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#8492B8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 24.3 from the original

Tritanopia#AF8695no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 23.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.18:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.6:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 14.3 Medium purple · ΔE 28.4 Thistle · ΔE 28.8 Orchid · ΔE 29.5 Pale violetred · ΔE 29.7 Cornflower blue · ΔE 31.9

Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 14.32, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#8CBA80

Analogous#9180BA, #BA80A9

Triadic#BAAE80, #80BAAE

Split complementary#A9BA80, #80BA91

Tetradic#BA9180, #8CBA80, #80A9BA

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#EDE3F0

Lighter +20%#D8C2DE

Lighter +10%#C3A1CC

Darker −10%#995FA8

Darker −20%#7C4B89

Darker −30%#5E3968

Darker −40%#412747

More saturated +25%#BC68D3

Less saturated −25%#A099A2

Channel breakdown

R174

G128

B186

Red174 (68.2%)

Green128 (50.2%)

Blue186 (72.9%)

Hue287.59°

Saturation (HSL)29.59%

Lightness61.57%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR AE · G 80 · B BA

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