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Recognised as Colour

#AA24FF

  • #AA24FF
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark violet

#AA24FF is a violet with RGB values 170, 36, 255 and HSL 277°, 100%, 57%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark violet.

Colour values

#AA24FF#AA24FF
HEX#AA24FF
RGBrgb(170, 36, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.6667, 0.1412, 1
RGB percentages66.7%, 14.1%, 100%
HSLhsl(276.7, 100%, 57.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(276.7, 85.9%, 100%)
CMYK33.3%, 85.9%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,150,591
CSS custom property--colour: #AA24FF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.17028WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness129.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.77:1
Contrast with white4.77:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.41:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#505050
Inverted#55DB00

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#006FFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 52.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#0073FBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 57.1 from the original
Tritanopia#9A6699no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 81.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.77:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.41:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark violet · ΔE 14.9Blue violet · ΔE 15Dark orchid · ΔE 27.3Fuchsia · ΔE 28.4Magenta · ΔE 28.4Medium blue · ΔE 29.6
Nearest named CSS colourDark violet (#9400D3)ΔE 14.87, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#79FF24
Analogous#3D24FF, #FF24E6
Triadic#FFAA24, #24FFAA
Split complementary#E7FF24, #24FF3C
Tetradic#FF3C24, #79FF24, #24E7FF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F9F0FF
Lighter +30%#E5BDFF
Lighter +20%#D28AFF
Lighter +10%#BE57FF
Darker −10%#9300F0
Darker −20%#7400BD
Darker −30%#54008A
Darker −40%#350057
More saturated +25%#AA24FF
Less saturated −25%#A43FE4

Channel breakdown

R170
G36
B255
Red170 (66.7%)
Green36 (14.1%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue276.71°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness57.06%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AA · G 24 · B FF

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