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Recognised as Colour

#AE9ACF

  • #AE9ACF
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Plum

#AE9ACF is a violet with RGB values 174, 154, 207 and HSL 263°, 36%, 71%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

#AE9ACF#AE9ACF
HEX#AE9ACF
RGBrgb(174, 154, 207)
RGB (0–1)0.6824, 0.6039, 0.8118
RGB percentages68.2%, 60.4%, 81.2%
HSLhsl(262.6, 35.6%, 70.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(262.6, 25.6%, 81.2%)
CMYK15.9%, 25.6%, 0%, 18.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,442,895
CSS custom property--colour: #AE9ACF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.36615WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness166.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.32:1
Contrast with white2.52:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.32:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A2A2A2
Inverted#516530

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8FA3D1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 14.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#93A3CDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 13.9 from the original
Tritanopia#A9A2ACno 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 text2.52:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.32:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 16.2Thistle · ΔE 20.6Light steelblue · ΔE 24.1Light slate grey · ΔE 26.5Cornflower blue · ΔE 26.8Steel blue · ΔE 27.4
Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 16.21, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BBCF9A
Analogous#9AA0CF, #C89ACF
Triadic#CFAE9A, #9ACFAE
Split complementary#CFC89A, #A0CF9A
Tetradic#CF9AA0, #BBCF9A, #9ACFC8

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E5DFF0
Lighter +10%#CABDDF
Darker −10%#9277BF
Darker −20%#7755AE
Darker −30%#5F438D
Darker −40%#48336A
More saturated +25%#A987E2
Less saturated −25%#B3ADBC

Channel breakdown

R174
G154
B207
Red174 (68.2%)
Green154 (60.4%)
Blue207 (81.2%)
Hue262.64°
Saturation (HSL)35.57%
Lightness70.78%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AE · G 9A · B CF

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