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Recognised as Colour

#AC6DD3

  • #AC6DD3
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium purple

#AC6DD3 is a violet with RGB values 172, 109, 211 and HSL 277°, 54%, 63%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium purple.

Colour values

#AC6DD3#AC6DD3
HEX#AC6DD3
RGBrgb(172, 109, 211)
RGB (0–1)0.6745, 0.4275, 0.8275
RGB percentages67.5%, 42.7%, 82.7%
HSLhsl(277.1, 53.7%, 62.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(277.1, 48.3%, 82.7%)
CMYK18.5%, 48.3%, 0%, 17.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,300,307
CSS custom property--colour: #AC6DD3;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.24411WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness144.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.88:1
Contrast with white3.57:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.88:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#828282
Inverted#53922C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#5584D7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 34.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#6789D0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 35.5 from the original
Tritanopia#A87D96no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 42.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.57:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.88:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 9.7Orchid · ΔE 16.1Medium orchid · ΔE 16.6Violet · ΔE 19.6Slate blue · ΔE 19.9Medium slateblue · ΔE 22.9
Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 9.72, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#94D36D
Analogous#796DD3, #D36DC7
Triadic#D3AC6D, #6DD3AC
Split complementary#C7D36D, #6DD379
Tetradic#D3796D, #94D36D, #6DC7D3

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#EFE3F6
Lighter +20%#D9BBEB
Lighter +10%#C294DF
Darker −10%#9646C7
Darker −20%#7B32A8
Darker −30%#5E2780
Darker −40%#411B59
More saturated +25%#B255EB
Less saturated −25%#A685BB

Channel breakdown

R172
G109
B211
Red172 (67.5%)
Green109 (42.7%)
Blue211 (82.7%)
Hue277.06°
Saturation (HSL)53.68%
Lightness62.75%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AC · G 6D · B D3

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