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Recognised as Colour

#AEA0B4

  • #AEA0B4
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark grey

#AEA0B4 is a violet with RGB values 174, 160, 180 and HSL 282°, 12%, 67%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark grey.

Colour values

#AEA0B4#AEA0B4
HEX#AEA0B4
RGBrgb(174, 160, 180)
RGB (0–1)0.6824, 0.6275, 0.7059
RGB percentages68.2%, 62.7%, 70.6%
HSLhsl(282, 11.8%, 66.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(282, 11.1%, 70.6%)
CMYK3.3%, 11.1%, 0%, 29.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,444,404
CSS custom property--colour: #AEA0B4;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.37436WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness166.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.49:1
Contrast with white2.47:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.49:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A4A4A4
Inverted#515F4B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9EA4B5no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#A1A5B3no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.5 from the original
Tritanopia#AEA2A6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.47:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.49:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark grey · ΔE 12.4Thistle · ΔE 13.2Silver · ΔE 15.9Light steelblue · ΔE 16.3Light slate grey · ΔE 16.3Rosy brown · ΔE 17.6
Nearest named CSS colourDark grey (#A9A9A9)ΔE 12.35, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A6B4A0
Analogous#A4A0B4, #B4A0B0
Triadic#B4AEA0, #A0B4AE
Split complementary#B0B4A0, #A0B4A4
Tetradic#B4A4A0, #A6B4A0, #A0B0B4

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F7F6F8
Lighter +20%#DFD9E1
Lighter +10%#C6BDCB
Darker −10%#96849E
Darker −20%#7D6985
Darker −30%#625269
Darker −40%#473C4C
More saturated +25%#B78BC9
Less saturated −25%#AAAAAA

Channel breakdown

R174
G160
B180
Red174 (68.2%)
Green160 (62.7%)
Blue180 (70.6%)
Hue282°
Saturation (HSL)11.76%
Lightness66.67%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AE · G A0 · B B4

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