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Recognised as Colour

#AE62D7

  • #AE62D7
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium orchid

#AE62D7 is a violet with RGB values 174, 98, 215 and HSL 279°, 59%, 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

#AE62D7#AE62D7
HEX#AE62D7
RGBrgb(174, 98, 215)
RGB (0–1)0.6824, 0.3843, 0.8431
RGB percentages68.2%, 38.4%, 84.3%
HSLhsl(279, 59.4%, 61.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(279, 54.4%, 84.3%)
CMYK19.1%, 54.4%, 0%, 15.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,428,567
CSS custom property--colour: #AE62D7;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.2264WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness141.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.53:1
Contrast with white3.8:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.53:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#7B7B7B
Inverted#519D28

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#427FDBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 40.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#5B85D4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 41.7 from the original
Tritanopia#AA7693no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 48 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.8:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.53:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium orchid · ΔE 8.7Medium purple · ΔE 13.8Orchid · ΔE 16.6Violet · ΔE 19.7Slate blue · ΔE 19.8Medium slateblue · ΔE 19.9
Nearest named CSS colourMedium orchid (#BA55D3)ΔE 8.66, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#8BD762
Analogous#7462D7, #D762C5
Triadic#D7AE62, #62D7AE
Split complementary#C5D762, #62D774
Tetradic#D77462, #8BD762, #62C5D7

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#EDDCF6
Lighter +20%#D8B3EC
Lighter +10%#C38BE1
Darker −10%#9939CD
Darker −20%#7C2BA8
Darker −30%#5E2080
Darker −40%#401657
More saturated +25%#B549F0
Less saturated −25%#A77BBE

Channel breakdown

R174
G98
B215
Red174 (68.2%)
Green98 (38.4%)
Blue215 (84.3%)
Hue278.97°
Saturation (HSL)59.39%
Lightness61.37%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AE · G 62 · B D7

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