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Recognised as Colour

#AE69DC

  • #AE69DC
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium purple

#AE69DC is a violet with RGB values 174, 105, 220 and HSL 276°, 62%, 64%. 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

#AE69DC#AE69DC
HEX#AE69DC
RGBrgb(174, 105, 220)
RGB (0–1)0.6824, 0.4118, 0.8627
RGB percentages68.2%, 41.2%, 86.3%
HSLhsl(276, 62.2%, 63.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(276, 52.3%, 86.3%)
CMYK20.9%, 52.3%, 0%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,430,364
CSS custom property--colour: #AE69DC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.24269WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness145.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.85:1
Contrast with white3.59:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.85:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#808080
Inverted#519623

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#4984E0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 37.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#5F88D9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 38.5 from the original
Tritanopia#A87D99no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 47.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.59:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.85:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 11.4Medium orchid · ΔE 11.5Orchid · ΔE 17Slate blue · ΔE 18.8Medium slateblue · ΔE 18.9Violet · ΔE 19.5
Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 11.37, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#97DC69
Analogous#7469DC, #DC69D1
Triadic#DCAE69, #69DCAE
Split complementary#D1DC69, #69DC75
Tetradic#DC7469, #97DC69, #69D1DC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F1E5F9
Lighter +20%#DBBCEF
Lighter +10%#C492E6
Darker −10%#9840D2
Darker −20%#7D2AB5
Darker −30%#61218B
Darker −40%#441762
More saturated +25%#B352F3
Less saturated −25%#A980C5

Channel breakdown

R174
G105
B220
Red174 (68.2%)
Green105 (41.2%)
Blue220 (86.3%)
Hue276°
Saturation (HSL)62.16%
Lightness63.73%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AE · G 69 · B DC

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