Colour

#AE9FFF

#AE9FFF
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Medium purple

#AE9FFF is a blue with RGB values 174, 159, 255 and HSL 249°, 100%, 81%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium purple.

Colour values

#AE9FFF#AE9FFF

HEX#AE9FFF

RGBrgb(174, 159, 255)

RGB (0–1)0.6824, 0.6235, 1

RGB percentages68.2%, 62.4%, 100%

HSLhsl(249.4, 100%, 81.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(249.4, 37.6%, 100%)

CMYK31.8%, 37.6%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,444,223

CSS custom property--colour: #AE9FFF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.41015WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness176.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.2:1

Contrast with white2.28:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black9.2:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#A9A9A9

Inverted#516000

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#82ADFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 19 from the original

Deuteranopia#83A9FDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 17.1 from the original

Tritanopia#9BB1C3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 45.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.28:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text9.2:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 18.9 Cornflower blue · ΔE 19.3 Plum · ΔE 24.8 Dodgerblue · ΔE 26.4 Slate blue · ΔE 29.2 Royal blue · ΔE 29.6

Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 18.92, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#F0FF9F

Analogous#9FC0FF, #DE9FFF

Triadic#FFAE9F, #9FFFAE

Split complementary#FFDE9F, #C0FF9F

Tetradic#FF9FC0, #F0FF9F, #9FFFDE

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#D9D2FF

Darker −10%#836CFF

Darker −20%#5839FF

Darker −30%#2D06FF

Darker −40%#2100D2

More saturated +25%#AE9FFF

Less saturated −25%#B6ABF3

Channel breakdown

R174

G159

B255

Red174 (68.2%)

Green159 (62.4%)

Blue255 (100%)

Hue249.38°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness81.18%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR AE · G 9F · B FF

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