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Recognised as Colour

#AE87FF

  • #AE87FF
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium purple

#AE87FF is a violet with RGB values 174, 135, 255 and HSL 260°, 100%, 76%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium purple.

Colour values

#AE87FF#AE87FF
HEX#AE87FF
RGBrgb(174, 135, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.6824, 0.5294, 1
RGB percentages68.2%, 52.9%, 100%
HSLhsl(259.5, 100%, 76.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(259.5, 47.1%, 100%)
CMYK31.8%, 47.1%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,438,079
CSS custom property--colour: #AE87FF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.33547WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness164.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.71:1
Contrast with white2.72:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.71:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#989898
Inverted#517800

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#5F9DFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 30.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#679BFCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 28.7 from the original
Tritanopia#9C9EB7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 54.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.72:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.71:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 11.1Medium slateblue · ΔE 16.5Slate blue · ΔE 19.9Medium orchid · ΔE 23.3Royal blue · ΔE 24.1Violet · ΔE 24.8
Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 11.07, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D8FF87
Analogous#879CFF, #EA87FF
Triadic#FFAE87, #87FFAE
Split complementary#FFEA87, #9CFF87
Tetradic#FF879C, #D8FF87, #87FFEA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F3EDFF
Lighter +10%#D0BAFF
Darker −10%#8C54FF
Darker −20%#6921FF
Darker −30%#4D00ED
Darker −40%#3C00BA
More saturated +25%#AE87FF
Less saturated −25%#B396F0

Channel breakdown

R174
G135
B255
Red174 (68.2%)
Green135 (52.9%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue259.5°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness76.47%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AE · G 87 · B FF

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