Nerdulator> put something in

Recognised as Colour

#AA36E7

  • #AA36E7
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#AA36E7 is a violet with RGB values 170, 54, 231 and HSL 279°, 79%, 56%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#AA36E7#AA36E7
HEX#AA36E7
RGBrgb(170, 54, 231)
RGB (0–1)0.6667, 0.2118, 0.9059
RGB percentages66.7%, 21.2%, 90.6%
HSLhsl(279.3, 78.7%, 55.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(279.3, 76.6%, 90.6%)
CMYK26.4%, 76.6%, 0%, 9.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,155,175
CSS custom property--colour: #AA36E7;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.16954WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness128.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.78:1
Contrast with white4.78:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.39:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#5B5B5B
Inverted#55C918

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#006DECno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 48.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#0074E3no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 57 from the original
Tritanopia#A2618Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 66.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.78:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.39:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 9.6Dark violet · ΔE 9.9Dark orchid · ΔE 11.4Medium orchid · ΔE 24.7Fuchsia · ΔE 29.5Magenta · ΔE 29.5
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 9.65, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#73E736
Analogous#5236E7, #E736CB
Triadic#E7AA36, #36E7AA
Split complementary#CCE736, #36E751
Tetradic#E75136, #73E736, #36CBE7

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F7ECFD
Lighter +30%#E4BFF7
Lighter +20%#D191F2
Lighter +10%#BD64EC
Darker −10%#9219D1
Darker −20%#7214A3
Darker −30%#520E76
Darker −40%#320948
More saturated +25%#B11EFF
Less saturated −25%#A152CB

Channel breakdown

R170
G54
B231
Red170 (66.7%)
Green54 (21.2%)
Blue231 (90.6%)
Hue279.32°
Saturation (HSL)78.67%
Lightness55.88%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AA · G 36 · B E7

Keep nerding

Every link below is a page Nerdulator can generate from what it already knows about this value.

Nerdulate something else

Nothing in mind? Surprise me · today’s page

Every value on this page was computed from “aa36e7” by Nerdulator’s colour engine. Nothing here was retrieved from a database of answers or written by a model.