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Recognised as Colour

#AA01CC

  • #AA01CC
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark violet

#AA01CC is a violet with RGB values 170, 1, 204 and HSL 290°, 99%, 40%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark violet.

Colour values

#AA01CC#AA01CC
HEX#AA01CC
RGBrgb(170, 1, 204)
RGB (0–1)0.6667, 0.0039, 0.8
RGB percentages66.7%, 0.4%, 80%
HSLhsl(290, 99%, 40.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(290, 99.5%, 80%)
CMYK16.7%, 99.5%, 0%, 20%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,141,580
CSS custom property--colour: #AA01CC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.12927WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness115.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.86:1
Contrast with white5.86:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.59:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#343434
Inverted#55FE33

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#005CD0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 54.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#1A69C8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 65.2 from the original
Tritanopia#A94477no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 61.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.86:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.59:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark violet · ΔE 9.8Dark orchid · ΔE 12.7Blue violet · ΔE 15.8Medium orchid · ΔE 25.7Fuchsia · ΔE 27Magenta · ΔE 27
Nearest named CSS colourDark violet (#9400D3)ΔE 9.83, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#23CC01
Analogous#4401CC, #CC0189
Triadic#CCAA01, #01CCAA
Split complementary#88CC01, #01CC45
Tetradic#CC4501, #23CC01, #0189CC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EE9AFF
Lighter +30%#E568FE
Lighter +20%#DC35FE
Lighter +10%#D402FE
Darker −10%#800199
Darker −20%#550166
Darker −30%#2B0034
Darker −40%#010001
More saturated +25%#AB00CD
Less saturated −25%#991BB2

Channel breakdown

R170
G1
B204
Red170 (66.7%)
Green1 (0.4%)
Blue204 (80%)
Hue289.95°
Saturation (HSL)99.02%
Lightness40.2%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AA · G 01 · B CC

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