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Recognised as Colour

#AA2FFE

  • #AA2FFE
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#AA2FFE is a violet with RGB values 170, 47, 254 and HSL 276°, 99%, 59%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#AA2FFE#AA2FFE
HEX#AA2FFE
RGBrgb(170, 47, 254)
RGB (0–1)0.6667, 0.1843, 0.9961
RGB percentages66.7%, 18.4%, 99.6%
HSLhsl(275.7, 99%, 59%)
HSV / HSBhsv(275.7, 81.5%, 99.6%)
CMYK33.1%, 81.5%, 0%, 0.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,153,406
CSS custom property--colour: #AA2FFE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.17735WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness131.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.62:1
Contrast with white4.62:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.55:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#585858
Inverted#55D001

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0072FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 51.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#0075FAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 55.6 from the original
Tritanopia#9A699Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 79 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.62:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.55:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 12.3Dark violet · ΔE 13.2Dark orchid · ΔE 24.1Fuchsia · ΔE 28.6Magenta · ΔE 28.6Medium blue · ΔE 29.8
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 12.32, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#83FE2F
Analogous#422FFE, #FE2FEB
Triadic#FEAA2F, #2FFEAA
Split complementary#EAFE2F, #2FFE43
Tetradic#FE432F, #83FE2F, #2FEAFE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FDFAFF
Lighter +30%#E8C7FF
Lighter +20%#D395FE
Lighter +10%#BF62FE
Darker −10%#9401F9
Darker −20%#7601C6
Darker −30%#580193
Darker −40%#3A0061
More saturated +25%#AA2EFF
Less saturated −25%#A549E4

Channel breakdown

R170
G47
B254
Red170 (66.7%)
Green47 (18.4%)
Blue254 (99.6%)
Hue275.65°
Saturation (HSL)99.04%
Lightness59.02%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AA · G 2F · B FE

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