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Colour

#AEAAB8

  • #AEAAB8
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark grey

#AEAAB8 is a violet with RGB values 174, 170, 184 and HSL 257°, 9%, 69%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark grey.

Colour values

#AEAAB8#AEAAB8
HEX#AEAAB8
RGBrgb(174, 170, 184)
RGB (0–1)0.6824, 0.6667, 0.7216
RGB percentages68.2%, 66.7%, 72.2%
HSLhsl(257.1, 9%, 69.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(257.1, 7.6%, 72.2%)
CMYK5.4%, 7.6%, 0%, 27.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,446,968
CSS custom property--colour: #AEAAB8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.41209WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness172.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.24:1
Contrast with white2.27:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.24:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#ACACAC
Inverted#515547

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A8ACB9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3 from the original
Deuteranopia#A8ACB8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.1 from the original
Tritanopia#ACACAEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.27:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.24:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark grey · ΔE 7.9Silver · ΔE 10.8Light steelblue · ΔE 13Thistle · ΔE 13.6Light grey · ΔE 16.2Light slate grey · ΔE 16.4
Nearest named CSS colourDark grey (#A9A9A9)ΔE 7.9, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B4B8AA
Analogous#AAADB8, #B5AAB8
Triadic#B8AEAA, #AAB8AE
Split complementary#B8B5AA, #ADB8AA
Tetradic#B8AAAD, #B4B8AA, #AAB8B5

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FDFDFE
Lighter +20%#E3E2E6
Lighter +10%#C8C6CF
Darker −10%#948EA1
Darker −20%#797389
Darker −30%#615B6E
Darker −40%#484452
More saturated +25%#A697CC
Less saturated −25%#B1B1B1

Channel breakdown

R174
G170
B184
Red174 (68.2%)
Green170 (66.7%)
Blue184 (72.2%)
Hue257.14°
Saturation (HSL)8.97%
Lightness69.41%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AE · G AA · B B8

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