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Recognised as Colour

#AE61D8

  • #AE61D8
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium orchid

#AE61D8 is a violet with RGB values 174, 97, 216 and HSL 279°, 60%, 61%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium orchid.

Colour values

#AE61D8#AE61D8
HEX#AE61D8
RGBrgb(174, 97, 216)
RGB (0–1)0.6824, 0.3804, 0.8471
RGB percentages68.2%, 38%, 84.7%
HSLhsl(278.8, 60.4%, 61.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(278.8, 55.1%, 84.7%)
CMYK19.4%, 55.1%, 0%, 15.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,428,312
CSS custom property--colour: #AE61D8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.22506WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness141 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.5:1
Contrast with white3.82:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.5:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#7A7A7A
Inverted#519E27

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#3F7FDCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 41 from the original
Deuteranopia#5A84D5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 41.7 from the original
Tritanopia#AA7593no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 48.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.82:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.5:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium orchid · ΔE 8Medium purple · ΔE 14.5Orchid · ΔE 17.1Medium slateblue · ΔE 19.5Slate blue · ΔE 19.9Violet · ΔE 20
Nearest named CSS colourMedium orchid (#BA55D3)ΔE 8.03, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#8BD861
Analogous#7361D8, #D861C6
Triadic#D8AE61, #61D8AE
Split complementary#C6D861, #61D873
Tetradic#D87361, #8BD861, #61C6D8

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#EDDCF6
Lighter +20%#D8B3EC
Lighter +10%#C38AE2
Darker −10%#9938CE
Darker −20%#7C2AA9
Darker −30%#5E2080
Darker −40%#401657
More saturated +25%#B548F1
Less saturated −25%#A77ABF

Channel breakdown

R174
G97
B216
Red174 (68.2%)
Green97 (38%)
Blue216 (84.7%)
Hue278.82°
Saturation (HSL)60.41%
Lightness61.37%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AE · G 61 · B D8

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