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Recognised as Colour

#AA24CA

  • #AA24CA
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark orchid

#AA24CA is a violet with RGB values 170, 36, 202 and HSL 288°, 70%, 47%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark orchid.

Colour values

#AA24CA#AA24CA
HEX#AA24CA
RGBrgb(170, 36, 202)
RGB (0–1)0.6667, 0.1412, 0.7922
RGB percentages66.7%, 14.1%, 79.2%
HSLhsl(288.4, 69.7%, 46.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(288.4, 82.2%, 79.2%)
CMYK15.8%, 82.2%, 0%, 20.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,150,538
CSS custom property--colour: #AA24CA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.14072WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness118.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.51:1
Contrast with white5.51:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.81:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#4C4C4C
Inverted#55DB35

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0061CEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 53.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#2F6DC7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 60.4 from the original
Tritanopia#A94C7Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 57.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.51:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.81:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark orchid · ΔE 7.6Dark violet · ΔE 14.6Blue violet · ΔE 17.8Medium orchid · ΔE 18.8Dark magenta · ΔE 23.9Purple · ΔE 28.6
Nearest named CSS colourDark orchid (#9932CC)ΔE 7.55, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#44CA24
Analogous#5724CA, #CA2497
Triadic#CAAA24, #24CAAA
Split complementary#97CA24, #24CA57
Tetradic#CA5724, #44CA24, #2497CA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#ECC5F5
Lighter +30%#DD9AED
Lighter +20%#CE6FE5
Lighter +10%#C043DE
Darker −10%#861C9F
Darker −20%#611573
Darker −30%#3D0D48
Darker −40%#18051D
More saturated +25%#BC06E8
Less saturated −25%#9842AC

Channel breakdown

R170
G36
B202
Red170 (66.7%)
Green36 (14.1%)
Blue202 (79.2%)
Hue288.43°
Saturation (HSL)69.75%
Lightness46.67%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AA · G 24 · B CA

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