Recognised as Colour

#AE86CE

#AE86CE
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Plum

#AE86CE is a violet with RGB values 174, 134, 206 and HSL 273°, 42%, 67%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

#AE86CE#AE86CE

HEX#AE86CE

RGBrgb(174, 134, 206)

RGB (0–1)0.6824, 0.5255, 0.8078

RGB percentages68.2%, 52.5%, 80.8%

HSLhsl(273.3, 42.4%, 66.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(273.3, 35%, 80.8%)

CMYK15.5%, 35%, 0%, 19.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,437,774

CSS custom property--colour: #AE86CE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.30505WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness156.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.1:1

Contrast with white2.96:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.1:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#949494

Inverted#517931

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#7894D1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 23.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#8197CCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 23.7 from the original

Tritanopia#AA90A1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 30.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.96:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text7.1:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 15.2 Medium purple · ΔE 21.5 Cornflower blue · ΔE 26.5 Orchid · ΔE 26.6 Violet · ΔE 29 Slate blue · ΔE 32

Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 15.15, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#A6CE86

Analogous#8A86CE, #CE86CA

Triadic#CEAE86, #86CEAE

Split complementary#CACE86, #86CE8A

Tetradic#CE8A86, #A6CE86, #86CACE

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#F7F3FA

Lighter +20%#DFCFEB

Lighter +10%#C6AADD

Darker −10%#9662BF

Darker −20%#7D45A9

Darker −30%#623685

Darker −40%#472761

More saturated +25%#B071E3

Less saturated −25%#AC9BB9

Channel breakdown

R174

G134

B206

Red174 (68.2%)

Green134 (52.5%)

Blue206 (80.8%)

Hue273.33°

Saturation (HSL)42.35%

Lightness66.67%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR AE · G 86 · B CE

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