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Recognised as Colour

#AE91DB

  • #AE91DB
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Plum

#AE91DB is a violet with RGB values 174, 145, 219 and HSL 264°, 51%, 71%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

#AE91DB#AE91DB
HEX#AE91DB
RGBrgb(174, 145, 219)
RGB (0–1)0.6824, 0.5686, 0.8588
RGB percentages68.2%, 56.9%, 85.9%
HSLhsl(263.5, 50.7%, 71.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(263.5, 33.8%, 85.9%)
CMYK20.5%, 33.8%, 0%, 14.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,440,603
CSS custom property--colour: #AE91DB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.34364WCAG 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 7.87:1
Contrast with white2.67:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.87:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9D9D9D
Inverted#516E24

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#809EDEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 19.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#869ED9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 19.5 from the original
Tritanopia#A69DACno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 33.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.67:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.87:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 15.9Medium purple · ΔE 22.3Cornflower blue · ΔE 22.7Orchid · ΔE 29.8Violet · ΔE 31.2Thistle · ΔE 31.2
Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 15.89, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BEDB91
Analogous#9199DB, #D391DB
Triadic#DBAE91, #91DBAE
Split complementary#DBD391, #99DB91
Tetradic#DB9199, #BEDB91, #91DBD3

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E7DEF4
Lighter +10%#CAB7E8
Darker −10%#926BCE
Darker −20%#7544C2
Darker −30%#5E349F
Darker −40%#472779
More saturated +25%#AA7FED
Less saturated −25%#B2A3C9

Channel breakdown

R174
G145
B219
Red174 (68.2%)
Green145 (56.9%)
Blue219 (85.9%)
Hue263.51°
Saturation (HSL)50.68%
Lightness71.37%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AE · G 91 · B DB

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