Recognised as Colour

#AE9CBB

#AE9CBB
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Thistle

#AE9CBB is a violet with RGB values 174, 156, 187 and HSL 275°, 19%, 67%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Thistle.

Colour values

#AE9CBB#AE9CBB

HEX#AE9CBB

RGBrgb(174, 156, 187)

RGB (0–1)0.6824, 0.6118, 0.7333

RGB percentages68.2%, 61.2%, 73.3%

HSLhsl(274.8, 18.6%, 67.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(274.8, 16.6%, 73.3%)

CMYK7%, 16.6%, 0%, 26.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,443,387

CSS custom property--colour: #AE9CBB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.36363WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness165.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.27:1

Contrast with white2.54:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black8.27:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#A2A2A2

Inverted#516344

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#98A2BCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 10.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#9BA3BAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 10.5 from the original

Tritanopia#ADA0A6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.54:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text8.27:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Thistle · ΔE 14 Light steelblue · ΔE 18.1 Light slate grey · ΔE 18.5 Dark grey · ΔE 18.6 Slate grey · ΔE 20.4 Rosy brown · ΔE 20.9

Nearest named CSS colourThistle (#D8BFD8)ΔE 14, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#A9BB9C

Analogous#9F9CBB, #BB9CB8

Triadic#BBAE9C, #9CBBAE

Split complementary#B8BB9C, #9CBB9F

Tetradic#BB9F9C, #A9BB9C, #9CB8BB

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#F8F7F9

Lighter +20%#DFD8E5

Lighter +10%#C7BAD0

Darker −10%#957EA6

Darker −20%#7C628F

Darker −30%#624D71

Darker −40%#483952

More saturated +25%#B187D0

Less saturated −25%#ACACAC

Channel breakdown

R174

G156

B187

Red174 (68.2%)

Green156 (61.2%)

Blue187 (73.3%)

Hue274.84°

Saturation (HSL)18.56%

Lightness67.25%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR AE · G 9C · B BB

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Colour values

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