Recognised as Colour

#AE7CD7

#AE7CD7
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Medium purple

#AE7CD7 is a violet with RGB values 174, 124, 215 and HSL 273°, 53%, 66%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium purple.

Colour values

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HEX#AE7CD7

RGBrgb(174, 124, 215)

RGB (0–1)0.6824, 0.4863, 0.8431

RGB percentages68.2%, 48.6%, 84.3%

HSLhsl(273, 53.2%, 66.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(273, 42.3%, 84.3%)

CMYK19.1%, 42.3%, 0%, 15.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,435,223

CSS custom property--colour: #AE7CD7;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.2832WCAG 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 6.66:1

Contrast with white3.15:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.66:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#8D8D8D

Inverted#518328

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#688FDAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 29 from the original

Deuteranopia#7492D5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 29.3 from the original

Tritanopia#A98A9Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 39 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.15:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.66:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 11.9 Orchid · ΔE 19.6 Violet · ΔE 22.2 Plum · ΔE 22.2 Slate blue · ΔE 23.6 Medium orchid · ΔE 24.8

Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 11.85, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#A5D77C

Analogous#817CD7, #D77CD2

Triadic#D7AE7C, #7CD7AE

Split complementary#D3D77C, #7CD780

Tetradic#D7807C, #A5D77C, #7CD2D7

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#F6F1FB

Lighter +20%#DECAEF

Lighter +10%#C6A3E3

Darker −10%#9655CB

Darker −20%#7D37B6

Darker −30%#622C8E

Darker −40%#472067

More saturated +25%#B067EC

Less saturated −25%#AC91C2

Channel breakdown

R174

G124

B215

Red174 (68.2%)

Green124 (48.6%)

Blue215 (84.3%)

Hue272.97°

Saturation (HSL)53.22%

Lightness66.47%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR AE · G 7C · B D7

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