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Recognised as Colour

#AA12CE

  • #AA12CE
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark violet

#AA12CE is a violet with RGB values 170, 18, 206 and HSL 289°, 84%, 44%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark violet.

Colour values

#AA12CE#AA12CE
HEX#AA12CE
RGBrgb(170, 18, 206)
RGB (0–1)0.6667, 0.0706, 0.8078
RGB percentages66.7%, 7.1%, 80.8%
HSLhsl(288.5, 83.9%, 43.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(288.5, 91.3%, 80.8%)
CMYK17.5%, 91.3%, 0%, 19.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,145,934
CSS custom property--colour: #AA12CE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.13435WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness116.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.7:1
Contrast with white5.7:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.69:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#404040
Inverted#55ED31

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#005ED2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 53.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#1D6BCAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 64 from the original
Tritanopia#A8487Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 60.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.7:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.69:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark violet · ΔE 10Dark orchid · ΔE 11.2Blue violet · ΔE 15.2Medium orchid · ΔE 24.3Fuchsia · ΔE 27.7Magenta · ΔE 27.7
Nearest named CSS colourDark violet (#9400D3)ΔE 10.05, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#36CE12
Analogous#4C12CE, #CE1294
Triadic#CEAA12, #12CEAA
Split complementary#94CE12, #12CE4C
Tetradic#CE4C12, #36CE12, #1294CE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EBB4F8
Lighter +30%#DF85F4
Lighter +20%#D356F0
Lighter +10%#C627EC
Darker −10%#830E9F
Darker −20%#5D0A70
Darker −30%#360641
Darker −40%#0F0212
More saturated +25%#B500E0
Less saturated −25%#992EB2

Channel breakdown

R170
G18
B206
Red170 (66.7%)
Green18 (7.1%)
Blue206 (80.8%)
Hue288.51°
Saturation (HSL)83.93%
Lightness43.92%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AA · G 12 · B CE

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