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Recognised as Colour

#AE6ED7

  • #AE6ED7
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium purple

#AE6ED7 is a violet with RGB values 174, 110, 215 and HSL 277°, 57%, 64%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium purple.

Colour values

#AE6ED7#AE6ED7
HEX#AE6ED7
RGBrgb(174, 110, 215)
RGB (0–1)0.6824, 0.4314, 0.8431
RGB percentages68.2%, 43.1%, 84.3%
HSLhsl(276.6, 56.8%, 63.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(276.6, 48.8%, 84.3%)
CMYK19.1%, 48.8%, 0%, 15.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,431,639
CSS custom property--colour: #AE6ED7;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.25057WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness146.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.01:1
Contrast with white3.49:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.01:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#838383
Inverted#519128

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#5486DBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 35.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#678AD4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 35.7 from the original
Tritanopia#A97F99no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 43.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.49:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.01:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 9.7Medium orchid · ΔE 15.6Orchid · ΔE 15.9Violet · ΔE 19Slate blue · ΔE 19.7Medium slateblue · ΔE 22
Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 9.65, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#97D76E
Analogous#796ED7, #D76ECC
Triadic#D7AE6E, #6ED7AE
Split complementary#CCD76E, #6ED779
Tetradic#D7796E, #97D76E, #6ECCD7

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F1E6F8
Lighter +20%#DBBEED
Lighter +10%#C496E2
Darker −10%#9846CC
Darker −20%#7D30AF
Darker −30%#612587
Darker −40%#441A5F
More saturated +25%#B357EE
Less saturated −25%#A985C0

Channel breakdown

R174
G110
B215
Red174 (68.2%)
Green110 (43.1%)
Blue215 (84.3%)
Hue276.57°
Saturation (HSL)56.76%
Lightness63.73%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AE · G 6E · B D7

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