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Recognised as Colour

#AE97CD

  • #AE97CD
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Plum

#AE97CD is a violet with RGB values 174, 151, 205 and HSL 266°, 35%, 70%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

#AE97CD#AE97CD
HEX#AE97CD
RGBrgb(174, 151, 205)
RGB (0–1)0.6824, 0.5922, 0.8039
RGB percentages68.2%, 59.2%, 80.4%
HSLhsl(265.6, 35.1%, 69.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(265.6, 26.3%, 80.4%)
CMYK15.1%, 26.3%, 0%, 19.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,442,125
CSS custom property--colour: #AE97CD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.3554WCAG 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 8.11:1
Contrast with white2.59:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.11:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A0A0A0
Inverted#516832

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8DA0CFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 14.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#91A1CBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 15.2 from the original
Tritanopia#A99FAAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 24.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.59:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.11:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 15.5Thistle · ΔE 21.5Light steelblue · ΔE 25.6Cornflower blue · ΔE 26.9Light slate grey · ΔE 27.2Steel blue · ΔE 28
Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 15.47, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B6CD97
Analogous#979BCD, #C997CD
Triadic#CDAE97, #97CDAE
Split complementary#CDC997, #9BCD97
Tetradic#CD979B, #B6CD97, #97CDC9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FEFEFF
Lighter +20%#E4DCEE
Lighter +10%#C9B9DE
Darker −10%#9375BC
Darker −20%#7852AC
Darker −30%#604289
Darker −40%#483167
More saturated +25%#AB84E0
Less saturated −25%#B1AABA

Channel breakdown

R174
G151
B205
Red174 (68.2%)
Green151 (59.2%)
Blue205 (80.4%)
Hue265.56°
Saturation (HSL)35.06%
Lightness69.8%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AE · G 97 · B CD

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