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Recognised as Colour

#AA2BE4

  • #AA2BE4
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark violet

#AA2BE4 is a violet with RGB values 170, 43, 228 and HSL 281°, 77%, 53%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark violet.

Colour values

#AA2BE4#AA2BE4
HEX#AA2BE4
RGBrgb(170, 43, 228)
RGB (0–1)0.6667, 0.1686, 0.8941
RGB percentages66.7%, 16.9%, 89.4%
HSLhsl(281.2, 77.4%, 53.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(281.2, 81.1%, 89.4%)
CMYK25.4%, 81.1%, 0%, 10.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,152,356
CSS custom property--colour: #AA2BE4;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.15875WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness125.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.03:1
Contrast with white5.03:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.18:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#535353
Inverted#55D41B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0069E9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 50.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#0071E0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 59.1 from the original
Tritanopia#A35B8Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 67.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.03:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.18:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark violet · ΔE 7.7Blue violet · ΔE 9.6Dark orchid · ΔE 13.2Medium orchid · ΔE 27.1Fuchsia · ΔE 27.8Magenta · ΔE 27.8
Nearest named CSS colourDark violet (#9400D3)ΔE 7.66, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#65E42B
Analogous#4D2BE4, #E42BC2
Triadic#E4AA2B, #2BE4AA
Split complementary#C2E42B, #2BE44D
Tetradic#E44D2B, #65E42B, #2BC2E4

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F3E0FB
Lighter +30%#E0B3F5
Lighter +20%#CE85F0
Lighter +10%#BC58EA
Darker −10%#8E19C3
Darker −20%#6D1396
Darker −30%#4C0D69
Darker −40%#2B083B
More saturated +25%#B410FF
Less saturated −25%#9F49C6

Channel breakdown

R170
G43
B228
Red170 (66.7%)
Green43 (16.9%)
Blue228 (89.4%)
Hue281.19°
Saturation (HSL)77.41%
Lightness53.14%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AA · G 2B · B E4

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