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Recognised as Colour

#AE8ECB

  • #AE8ECB
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Plum

#AE8ECB is a violet with RGB values 174, 142, 203 and HSL 271°, 37%, 68%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

#AE8ECB#AE8ECB
HEX#AE8ECB
RGBrgb(174, 142, 203)
RGB (0–1)0.6824, 0.5569, 0.7961
RGB percentages68.2%, 55.7%, 79.6%
HSLhsl(271.5, 37%, 67.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(271.5, 30%, 79.6%)
CMYK14.3%, 30%, 0%, 20.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,439,819
CSS custom property--colour: #AE8ECB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.32656WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness160 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.53:1
Contrast with white2.79:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.53:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#999999
Inverted#517134

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8399CDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 18.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#899BC9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 19.3 from the original
Tritanopia#AA96A4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 26.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.79:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.53:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 13.9Thistle · ΔE 26.2Cornflower blue · ΔE 26.6Medium purple · ΔE 28Steel blue · ΔE 30.5Light steelblue · ΔE 31.2
Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 13.87, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#ABCB8E
Analogous#908ECB, #CB8EC9
Triadic#CBAE8E, #8ECBAE
Split complementary#C9CB8E, #8ECB90
Tetradic#CB908E, #ABCB8E, #8EC9CB

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F9F7FB
Lighter +20%#E0D4EB
Lighter +10%#C7B1DB
Darker −10%#956BBB
Darker −20%#7C4DA6
Darker −30%#623D83
Darker −40%#482C61
More saturated +25%#AF79E0
Less saturated −25%#ADA3B6

Channel breakdown

R174
G142
B203
Red174 (68.2%)
Green142 (55.7%)
Blue203 (79.6%)
Hue271.48°
Saturation (HSL)36.97%
Lightness67.65%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AE · G 8E · B CB

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