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Colour

#AA00FF

  • #AA00FF
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark violet

#AA00FF is a violet with RGB values 170, 0, 255 and HSL 280°, 100%, 50%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.1:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark violet.

Colour values

#AA00FF#AA00FF
HEX#AA00FF
HEX (short)#A0F
RGBrgb(170, 0, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.6667, 0, 1
RGB percentages66.7%, 0%, 100%
HSLhsl(280, 100%, 50%)
HSV / HSBhsv(280, 100%, 100%)
CMYK33.3%, 100%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,141,375
CSS custom property--colour: #AA00FF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.15766WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness126.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.06:1
Contrast with white5.06:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.15:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#373737
Inverted#55FF00

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#006AFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 54.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#006FFBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 59.5 from the original
Tritanopia#9B6096no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 84 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.06:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.15:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark violet · ΔE 18.4Blue violet · ΔE 19.8Fuchsia · ΔE 28.8Magenta · ΔE 28.8Blue · ΔE 29.2Medium blue · ΔE 30.4
Nearest named CSS colourDark violet (#9400D3)ΔE 18.41, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#55FF00
Analogous#2B00FF, #FF00D4
Triadic#FFAA00, #00FFAA
Split complementary#D4FF00, #00FF2A
Tetradic#FF2A00, #55FF00, #00D5FF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EECCFF
Lighter +30%#DD99FF
Lighter +20%#CC66FF
Lighter +10%#BB33FF
Darker −10%#8800CC
Darker −20%#660099
Darker −30%#440066
Darker −40%#220033
More saturated +25%#AA00FF
Less saturated −25%#9F20DF

Channel breakdown

R170
G0
B255
Red170 (66.7%)
Green0 (0%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue280°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness50%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AA · G 00 · B FF

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