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Recognised as Colour

#AEA5C8

  • #AEA5C8
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Thistle

#AEA5C8 is a violet with RGB values 174, 165, 200 and HSL 255°, 24%, 72%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Thistle.

Colour values

#AEA5C8#AEA5C8
HEX#AEA5C8
RGBrgb(174, 165, 200)
RGB (0–1)0.6824, 0.6471, 0.7843
RGB percentages68.2%, 64.7%, 78.4%
HSLhsl(255.4, 24.1%, 71.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(255.4, 17.5%, 78.4%)
CMYK13%, 17.5%, 0%, 21.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,445,704
CSS custom property--colour: #AEA5C8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.40079WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness172 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.02:1
Contrast with white2.33:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.02:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A9A9A9
Inverted#515A37

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9EAACAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#9FA9C7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.3 from the original
Tritanopia#A9AAB1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 15.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.33:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.02:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Thistle · ΔE 13.3Light steelblue · ΔE 14.6Light slate grey · ΔE 19.2Dark grey · ΔE 19.5Silver · ΔE 21.2Slate grey · ΔE 21.6
Nearest named CSS colourThistle (#D8BFD8)ΔE 13.27, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BFC8A5
Analogous#A5ADC8, #BFA5C8
Triadic#C8AEA5, #A5C8AE
Split complementary#C8C0A5, #ADC8A5
Tetradic#C8A5AD, #BFC8A5, #A5C8C0

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E7E4EF
Lighter +10%#CAC5DB
Darker −10%#9285B5
Darker −20%#7566A1
Darker −30%#5E5084
Darker −40%#473D64
More saturated +25%#A593DA
Less saturated −25%#B6B6B6

Channel breakdown

R174
G165
B200
Red174 (68.2%)
Green165 (64.7%)
Blue200 (78.4%)
Hue255.43°
Saturation (HSL)24.14%
Lightness71.57%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AE · G A5 · B C8

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