Recognised as Colour

#AE81C8

#AE81C8
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Plum

#AE81C8 is a violet with RGB values 174, 129, 200 and HSL 278°, 39%, 65%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

#AE81C8#AE81C8

HEX#AE81C8

RGBrgb(174, 129, 200)

RGB (0–1)0.6824, 0.5059, 0.7843

RGB percentages68.2%, 50.6%, 78.4%

HSLhsl(278, 39.2%, 64.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(278, 35.5%, 78.4%)

CMYK13%, 35.5%, 0%, 21.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,436,488

CSS custom property--colour: #AE81C8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.28869WCAG 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 6.77:1

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

Contrast with black6.77:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#909090

Inverted#517E37

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#7590CBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 24.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#7F93C6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 25.1 from the original

Tritanopia#AC8B9Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 30.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

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

Contrast with black, large text6.77:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 15.3 Medium purple · ΔE 21.6 Orchid · ΔE 25.3 Violet · ΔE 28.3 Cornflower blue · ΔE 28.4 Slate blue · ΔE 32

Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 15.3, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#9BC881

Analogous#8B81C8, #C881BE

Triadic#C8AE81, #81C8AE

Split complementary#BEC881, #81C88B

Tetradic#C88B81, #9BC881, #81BEC8

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#F2ECF6

Lighter +20%#DCC8E7

Lighter +10%#C5A5D7

Darker −10%#975DB9

Darker −20%#7D459E

Darker −30%#61357B

Darker −40%#452657

More saturated +25%#B46ADF

Less saturated −25%#A898B1

Channel breakdown

R174

G129

B200

Red174 (68.2%)

Green129 (50.6%)

Blue200 (78.4%)

Hue278.03°

Saturation (HSL)39.23%

Lightness64.51%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR AE · G 81 · B C8

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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