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Recognised as Colour

#AA09D9

  • #AA09D9
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark violet

#AA09D9 is a violet with RGB values 170, 9, 217 and HSL 286°, 92%, 44%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark violet.

Colour values

#AA09D9#AA09D9
HEX#AA09D9
RGBrgb(170, 9, 217)
RGB (0–1)0.6667, 0.0353, 0.851
RGB percentages66.7%, 3.5%, 85.1%
HSLhsl(286.4, 92%, 44.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(286.4, 95.9%, 85.1%)
CMYK21.7%, 95.9%, 0%, 14.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,143,641
CSS custom property--colour: #AA09D9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.13751WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness118.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.6:1
Contrast with white5.6:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.75:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#3A3A3A
Inverted#55F626

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0060DEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 53.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#006BD5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 63.9 from the original
Tritanopia#A64D80no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 66.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.6:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.75:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark violet · ΔE 6.4Blue violet · ΔE 12.6Dark orchid · ΔE 15.6Fuchsia · ΔE 25.8Magenta · ΔE 25.8Medium orchid · ΔE 29.6
Nearest named CSS colourDark violet (#9400D3)ΔE 6.4, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#38D909
Analogous#4209D9, #D909A0
Triadic#D9AA09, #09D9AA
Split complementary#A0D909, #09D942
Tetradic#D94209, #38D909, #09A0D9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EBB2FC
Lighter +30%#DF81FA
Lighter +20%#D250F8
Lighter +10%#C51FF6
Darker −10%#8407A8
Darker −20%#5D0577
Darker −30%#370346
Darker −40%#110115
More saturated +25%#AF00E2
Less saturated −25%#9B25BD

Channel breakdown

R170
G9
B217
Red170 (66.7%)
Green9 (3.5%)
Blue217 (85.1%)
Hue286.44°
Saturation (HSL)92.04%
Lightness44.31%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AA · G 09 · B D9

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