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Recognised as Colour

#AA00E4

  • #AA00E4
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark violet

#AA00E4 is a violet with RGB values 170, 0, 228 and HSL 285°, 100%, 45%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark violet.

Colour values

#AA00E4#AA00E4
HEX#AA00E4
RGBrgb(170, 0, 228)
RGB (0–1)0.6667, 0, 0.8941
RGB percentages66.7%, 0%, 89.4%
HSLhsl(284.7, 100%, 44.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(284.7, 100%, 89.4%)
CMYK25.4%, 100%, 0%, 10.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,141,348
CSS custom property--colour: #AA00E4;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.14147WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness120.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.48:1
Contrast with white5.48:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.83:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#353535
Inverted#55FF1B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0062E9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 52.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#006CE0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 63.1 from the original
Tritanopia#A35186no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 71.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.48:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.83:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark violet · ΔE 7.7Blue violet · ΔE 12.7Dark orchid · ΔE 20.7Fuchsia · ΔE 25.3Magenta · ΔE 25.3Medium blue · ΔE 31.3
Nearest named CSS colourDark violet (#9400D3)ΔE 7.71, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#3AE400
Analogous#3800E4, #E400AC
Triadic#E4AA00, #00E4AA
Split complementary#ACE400, #00E438
Tetradic#E43800, #3AE400, #00ACE4

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EBB1FF
Lighter +30%#DE7EFF
Lighter +20%#D14BFF
Lighter +10%#C418FF
Darker −10%#8400B1
Darker −20%#5E007E
Darker −30%#38004B
Darker −40%#120018
More saturated +25%#AA00E4
Less saturated −25%#9C1CC8

Channel breakdown

R170
G0
B228
Red170 (66.7%)
Green0 (0%)
Blue228 (89.4%)
Hue284.74°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness44.71%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AA · G 00 · B E4

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