Recognised as Colour

#AE7BDA

#AE7BDA
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Medium purple

#AE7BDA is a violet with RGB values 174, 123, 218 and HSL 272°, 56%, 67%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium purple.

Colour values

#AE7BDA#AE7BDA

HEX#AE7BDA

RGBrgb(174, 123, 218)

RGB (0–1)0.6824, 0.4824, 0.8549

RGB percentages68.2%, 48.2%, 85.5%

HSLhsl(272.2, 56.2%, 66.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(272.2, 43.6%, 85.5%)

CMYK20.2%, 43.6%, 0%, 14.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,434,970

CSS custom property--colour: #AE7BDA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.28227WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness152.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.65:1

Contrast with white3.16:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.65:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#8D8D8D

Inverted#518425

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#658FDDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 29.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#7191D7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 30.1 from the original

Tritanopia#A88AA0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 40.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.16:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.65:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 10.2 Orchid · ΔE 19 Violet · ΔE 21.4 Slate blue · ΔE 22.2 Medium orchid · ΔE 23.1 Plum · ΔE 24

Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 10.25, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#A7DA7B

Analogous#7F7BDA, #DA7BD6

Triadic#DAAE7B, #7BDAAE

Split complementary#D6DA7B, #7BDA7E

Tetradic#DA7F7B, #A7DA7B, #7BD6DA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#F7F3FB

Lighter +20%#DFCBF0

Lighter +10%#C6A3E5

Darker −10%#9653CF

Darker −20%#7C34BB

Darker −30%#622993

Darker −40%#471E6B

More saturated +25%#B066EF

Less saturated −25%#AC90C5

Channel breakdown

R174

G123

B218

Red174 (68.2%)

Green123 (48.2%)

Blue218 (85.5%)

Hue272.21°

Saturation (HSL)56.21%

Lightness66.86%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR AE · G 7B · B DA

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