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Recognised as Colour

#AA2FE1

  • #AA2FE1
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark violet

#AA2FE1 is a violet with RGB values 170, 47, 225 and HSL 281°, 75%, 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

#AA2FE1#AA2FE1
HEX#AA2FE1
RGBrgb(170, 47, 225)
RGB (0–1)0.6667, 0.1843, 0.8824
RGB percentages66.7%, 18.4%, 88.2%
HSLhsl(281.5, 74.8%, 53.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(281.5, 79.1%, 88.2%)
CMYK24.4%, 79.1%, 0%, 11.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,153,377
CSS custom property--colour: #AA2FE1;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.16015WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness125.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5:1
Contrast with white5:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.2:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#565656
Inverted#55D01E

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#006AE6no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 50.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#0272DDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 59.1 from the original
Tritanopia#A35C89no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 65.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.2:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark violet · ΔE 9Blue violet · ΔE 10.4Dark orchid · ΔE 10.8Medium orchid · ΔE 24.5Fuchsia · ΔE 28.8Magenta · ΔE 28.8
Nearest named CSS colourDark violet (#9400D3)ΔE 9.04, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#66E12F
Analogous#512FE1, #E12FBF
Triadic#E1AA2F, #2FE1AA
Split complementary#BFE12F, #2FE151
Tetradic#E1512F, #66E12F, #2FBFE1

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F3E1FB
Lighter +30%#E1B5F4
Lighter +20%#CE88EE
Lighter +10%#BC5CE7
Darker −10%#8E1CC1
Darker −20%#6D1595
Darker −30%#4D0F68
Darker −40%#2C093B
More saturated +25%#B511FF
Less saturated −25%#9F4DC3

Channel breakdown

R170
G47
B225
Red170 (66.7%)
Green47 (18.4%)
Blue225 (88.2%)
Hue281.46°
Saturation (HSL)74.79%
Lightness53.33%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AA · G 2F · B E1

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