Recognised as Colour

#AE93BE

#AE93BE
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Plum

#AE93BE is a violet with RGB values 174, 147, 190 and HSL 278°, 25%, 66%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

#AE93BE#AE93BE

HEX#AE93BE

RGBrgb(174, 147, 190)

RGB (0–1)0.6824, 0.5765, 0.7451

RGB percentages68.2%, 57.6%, 74.5%

HSLhsl(277.7, 24.9%, 66.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(277.7, 22.6%, 74.5%)

CMYK8.4%, 22.6%, 0%, 25.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,441,086

CSS custom property--colour: #AE93BE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.33584WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness160.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.72:1

Contrast with white2.72:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.72:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#9C9C9C

Inverted#516C41

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#8D9BC0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 14.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#929DBDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 15 from the original

Tritanopia#AD98A2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 18.3 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 text7.72:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 17.2 Thistle · ΔE 18.7 Light slate grey · ΔE 23.4 Light steelblue · ΔE 24.1 Slate grey · ΔE 24.8 Rosy brown · ΔE 25.2

Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 17.2, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#A3BE93

Analogous#9993BE, #BE93B8

Triadic#BEAE93, #93BEAE

Split complementary#B9BE93, #93BE99

Tetradic#BE9993, #A3BE93, #93B8BE

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#F6F3F7

Lighter +20%#DED3E4

Lighter +10%#C6B3D1

Darker −10%#9673AB

Darker −20%#7D5893

Darker −30%#624573

Darker −40%#473253

More saturated +25%#B47DD4

Less saturated −25%#A9A9A9

Channel breakdown

R174

G147

B190

Red174 (68.2%)

Green147 (57.6%)

Blue190 (74.5%)

Hue277.67°

Saturation (HSL)24.86%

Lightness66.08%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR AE · G 93 · B BE

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