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Recognised as Colour

#AE92DF

  • #AE92DF
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Plum

#AE92DF is a violet with RGB values 174, 146, 223 and HSL 262°, 55%, 72%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

#AE92DF#AE92DF
HEX#AE92DF
RGBrgb(174, 146, 223)
RGB (0–1)0.6824, 0.5725, 0.8745
RGB percentages68.2%, 57.3%, 87.5%
HSLhsl(261.8, 54.6%, 72.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(261.8, 34.5%, 87.5%)
CMYK22%, 34.5%, 0%, 12.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,440,863
CSS custom property--colour: #AE92DF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.34884WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness165 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.98:1
Contrast with white2.63:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.98:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9E9E9E
Inverted#516D20

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#809FE2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 19.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#859FDDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 19.6 from the original
Tritanopia#A59EAEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 34.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.63:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.98:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 16.8Medium purple · ΔE 21.2Cornflower blue · ΔE 22Orchid · ΔE 29.5Violet · ΔE 30.7Slate blue · ΔE 31.9
Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 16.76, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C3DF92
Analogous#929DDF, #D492DF
Triadic#DFAE92, #92DFAE
Split complementary#DFD492, #9CDF92
Tetradic#DF929D, #C3DF92, #92DFD4

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E9E1F6
Lighter +10%#CBB9EB
Darker −10%#916BD3
Darker −20%#7343C8
Darker −30%#5C31A7
Darker −40%#462580
More saturated +25%#A980F1
Less saturated −25%#B3A4CD

Channel breakdown

R174
G146
B223
Red174 (68.2%)
Green146 (57.3%)
Blue223 (87.5%)
Hue261.82°
Saturation (HSL)54.61%
Lightness72.35%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AE · G 92 · B DF

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