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Recognised as Colour

#AA04CC

  • #AA04CC
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark violet

#AA04CC is a violet with RGB values 170, 4, 204 and HSL 290°, 96%, 41%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark violet.

Colour values

#AA04CC#AA04CC
HEX#AA04CC
RGBrgb(170, 4, 204)
RGB (0–1)0.6667, 0.0157, 0.8
RGB percentages66.7%, 1.6%, 80%
HSLhsl(289.8, 96.2%, 40.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(289.8, 98%, 80%)
CMYK16.7%, 98%, 0%, 20%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,142,348
CSS custom property--colour: #AA04CC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.12993WCAG 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 5.84:1
Contrast with white5.84:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.6:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#363636
Inverted#55FB33

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#005CD0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 54.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#1B69C8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 64.8 from the original
Tritanopia#A94578no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 61 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.84:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.6:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark violet · ΔE 10Dark orchid · ΔE 12.4Blue violet · ΔE 15.8Medium orchid · ΔE 25.4Fuchsia · ΔE 27.2Magenta · ΔE 27.2
Nearest named CSS colourDark violet (#9400D3)ΔE 9.97, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#26CC04
Analogous#4604CC, #CC048A
Triadic#CCAA04, #04CCAA
Split complementary#8ACC04, #04CC46
Tetradic#CC4604, #26CC04, #048ACC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#ED9FFD
Lighter +30%#E46DFC
Lighter +20%#DA3BFB
Lighter +10%#D109FA
Darker −10%#80039A
Darker −20%#570268
Darker −30%#2D0136
Darker −40%#030004
More saturated +25%#AD00D0
Less saturated −25%#991EB2

Channel breakdown

R170
G4
B204
Red170 (66.7%)
Green4 (1.6%)
Blue204 (80%)
Hue289.8°
Saturation (HSL)96.15%
Lightness40.78%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AA · G 04 · B CC

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