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Recognised as Colour

#AE85EB

  • #AE85EB
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium purple

#AE85EB is a violet with RGB values 174, 133, 235 and HSL 264°, 72%, 72%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium purple.

Colour values

#AE85EB#AE85EB
HEX#AE85EB
RGBrgb(174, 133, 235)
RGB (0–1)0.6824, 0.5216, 0.9216
RGB percentages68.2%, 52.2%, 92.2%
HSLhsl(264.1, 71.8%, 72.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(264.1, 43.4%, 92.2%)
CMYK26%, 43.4%, 0%, 7.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,437,547
CSS custom property--colour: #AE85EB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.31772WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness160.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.35:1
Contrast with white2.86:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.35:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#959595
Inverted#517A14

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#6998EFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 27 from the original
Deuteranopia#7298E8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 27.2 from the original
Tritanopia#A397ADno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 45.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.86:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.35:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 9.2Slate blue · ΔE 21.4Orchid · ΔE 22.4Medium slateblue · ΔE 22.9Violet · ΔE 23.1Medium orchid · ΔE 24.9
Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 9.21, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C2EB85
Analogous#858FEB, #E185EB
Triadic#EBAE85, #85EBAE
Split complementary#EBE185, #8FEB85
Tetradic#EB858F, #C2EB85, #85EBE1

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E8DDF9
Lighter +10%#CBB1F2
Darker −10%#9159E4
Darker −20%#742DDD
Darker −30%#5C1EB9
Darker −40%#46178D
More saturated +25%#AB73FD
Less saturated −25%#B197D9

Channel breakdown

R174
G133
B235
Red174 (68.2%)
Green133 (52.2%)
Blue235 (92.2%)
Hue264.12°
Saturation (HSL)71.83%
Lightness72.16%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AE · G 85 · B EB

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