Colour

#AA01FF

#AA01FF
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Dark violet

#AA01FF is a violet with RGB values 170, 1, 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

#AA01FF#AA01FF

HEX#AA01FF

RGBrgb(170, 1, 255)

RGB (0–1)0.6667, 0.0039, 1

RGB percentages66.7%, 0.4%, 100%

HSLhsl(279.9, 100%, 50.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(279.9, 99.6%, 100%)

CMYK33.3%, 99.6%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,141,631

CSS custom property--colour: #AA01FF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.15788WCAG 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 5.05:1

Contrast with white5.05:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black4.16:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#373737

Inverted#55FE00

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#006AFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 54.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#006FFBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 59.4 from the original

Tritanopia#9B6096no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 83.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text5.05:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text4.16:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark violet · ΔE 18.3 Blue violet · ΔE 19.7 Fuchsia · ΔE 28.8 Magenta · ΔE 28.8 Blue · ΔE 29.3 Medium blue · ΔE 30.4

Nearest named CSS colourDark violet (#9400D3)ΔE 18.34, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#56FF01

Analogous#2B01FF, #FF01D5

Triadic#FFAA01, #01FFAA

Split complementary#D5FF01, #01FF2B

Tetradic#FF2B01, #56FF01, #01D5FF

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EECDFF

Lighter +30%#DD9AFF

Lighter +20%#CC67FF

Lighter +10%#BB34FF

Darker −10%#8800CD

Darker −20%#66009A

Darker −30%#450067

Darker −40%#230034

More saturated +25%#AA01FF

Less saturated −25%#A021DF

Channel breakdown

R170

B255

Red170 (66.7%)

Green1 (0.4%)

Blue255 (100%)

Hue279.92°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness50.2%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR AA · G 01 · B FF

Keep nerding

Every link below is a page Nerdulator can generate from what it already knows about this value.

#AA01FF

Colour values

Brightness & contrast

Colour vision & accessibility

Named colours

Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

Keep nerding

Harmonies

Lighter and darker

Similar named colours

Nerdulate something else