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Recognised as Colour

#AE99FA

  • #AE99FA
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium purple

#AE99FA is a blue with RGB values 174, 153, 250 and HSL 253°, 91%, 79%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium purple.

Colour values

#AE99FA#AE99FA
HEX#AE99FA
RGBrgb(174, 153, 250)
RGB (0–1)0.6824, 0.6, 0.9804
RGB percentages68.2%, 60%, 98%
HSLhsl(253, 90.7%, 79%)
HSV / HSBhsv(253, 38.8%, 98%)
CMYK30.4%, 38.8%, 0%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,442,682
CSS custom property--colour: #AE99FA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.38683WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness173 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.74:1
Contrast with white2.4:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.74:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A4A4A4
Inverted#516605

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#7DA8FEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 19.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#7FA5F8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 19.3 from the original
Tritanopia#9DAABEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 44.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.4:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.74:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 16.5Cornflower blue · ΔE 20.6Plum · ΔE 24.5Slate blue · ΔE 27.2Dodgerblue · ΔE 27.2Medium slateblue · ΔE 28.5
Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 16.47, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E5FA99
Analogous#99B4FA, #DF99FA
Triadic#FAAE99, #99FAAE
Split complementary#FADE99, #B5FA99
Tetradic#FA99B4, #E5FA99, #99FADF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FBFAFF
Lighter +10%#D5CAFC
Darker −10%#8768F8
Darker −20%#6138F5
Darker −30%#3D0CEE
Darker −40%#3009BE
More saturated +25%#AB94FF
Less saturated −25%#B6A6ED

Channel breakdown

R174
G153
B250
Red174 (68.2%)
Green153 (60%)
Blue250 (98%)
Hue252.99°
Saturation (HSL)90.65%
Lightness79.02%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AE · G 99 · B FA

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