Recognised as Colour

#AE8CEB

#AE8CEB
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Medium purple

#AE8CEB is a violet with RGB values 174, 140, 235 and HSL 261°, 70%, 74%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium purple.

Colour values

#AE8CEB#AE8CEB

HEX#AE8CEB

RGBrgb(174, 140, 235)

RGB (0–1)0.6824, 0.549, 0.9216

RGB percentages68.2%, 54.9%, 92.2%

HSLhsl(261.5, 70.4%, 73.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(261.5, 40.4%, 92.2%)

CMYK26%, 40.4%, 0%, 7.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,439,339

CSS custom property--colour: #AE8CEB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.33753WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness163.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.75:1

Contrast with white2.71:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.75:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#9A9A9A

Inverted#517314

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#739DEFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 23.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#799CE9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 23.6 from the original

Tritanopia#A29CB0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 42.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.71:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text7.75:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 12.7 Plum · ΔE 23.1 Cornflower blue · ΔE 23.8 Slate blue · ΔE 24.5 Orchid · ΔE 24.9 Violet · ΔE 25.5

Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 12.74, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#C9EB8C

Analogous#8C99EB, #DE8CEB

Triadic#EBAE8C, #8CEBAE

Split complementary#EBDE8C, #99EB8C

Tetradic#EB8C99, #C9EB8C, #8CEBDE

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#EBE3FA

Lighter +10%#CDB7F3

Darker −10%#8F61E3

Darker −20%#7135DC

Darker −30%#5921BD

Darker −40%#441992

More saturated +25%#A97BFC

Less saturated −25%#B39DDA

Channel breakdown

R174

G140

B235

Red174 (68.2%)

Green140 (54.9%)

Blue235 (92.2%)

Hue261.47°

Saturation (HSL)70.37%

Lightness73.53%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR AE · G 8C · B EB

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Colour values

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