Recognised as Colour

#AE94F6

#AE94F6
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Medium purple

#AE94F6 is a violet with RGB values 174, 148, 246 and HSL 256°, 84%, 77%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium purple.

Colour values

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HEX#AE94F6

RGBrgb(174, 148, 246)

RGB (0–1)0.6824, 0.5804, 0.9647

RGB percentages68.2%, 58%, 96.5%

HSLhsl(255.9, 84.5%, 77.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(255.9, 39.8%, 96.5%)

CMYK29.3%, 39.8%, 0%, 3.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,441,398

CSS custom property--colour: #AE94F6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.36832WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness169.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.37:1

Contrast with white2.51:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black8.37:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#A1A1A1

Inverted#516B09

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#78A4FAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 21.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#7CA2F4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 21.3 from the original

Tritanopia#9EA5B9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 44.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.51:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text8.37:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 14.5 Cornflower blue · ΔE 22 Plum · ΔE 24.6 Slate blue · ΔE 25.6 Medium slateblue · ΔE 27 Violet · ΔE 27.6

Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 14.47, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#DCF694

Analogous#94ABF6, #DF94F6

Triadic#F6AE94, #94F6AE

Split complementary#F6DF94, #ABF694

Tetradic#F694AB, #DCF694, #94F6DF

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#F5F2FE

Lighter +10%#D2C3FA

Darker −10%#8A65F2

Darker −20%#6736EE

Darker −30%#4913DE

Darker −40%#390FAF

More saturated +25%#AA8BFF

Less saturated −25%#B5A3E8

Channel breakdown

R174

G148

B246

Red174 (68.2%)

Green148 (58%)

Blue246 (96.5%)

Hue255.92°

Saturation (HSL)84.48%

Lightness77.25%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR AE · G 94 · B F6

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