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Recognised as Colour

#AA3BBD

  • #AA3BBD
  • Magenta
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium orchid

#AA3BBD is a magenta with RGB values 170, 59, 189 and HSL 291°, 52%, 49%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.2:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium orchid.

Colour values

#AA3BBD#AA3BBD
HEX#AA3BBD
RGBrgb(170, 59, 189)
RGB (0–1)0.6667, 0.2314, 0.7412
RGB percentages66.7%, 23.1%, 74.1%
HSLhsl(291.2, 52.4%, 48.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(291.2, 68.8%, 74.1%)
CMYK10.1%, 68.8%, 0%, 25.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,156,413
CSS custom property--colour: #AA3BBD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.15348WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness121.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.16:1
Contrast with white5.16:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.07:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#5C5C5C
Inverted#55C442

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0A65C1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 51.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#4A71BAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 53.5 from the original
Tritanopia#AC5278no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 47.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.16:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.07:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Medium orchid · ΔE 8.2Dark orchid · ΔE 13.8Dark magenta · ΔE 15.8Purple · ΔE 19.6Orchid · ΔE 22Rebecca purple · ΔE 23.5
Nearest named CSS colourMedium orchid (#BA55D3)ΔE 8.21, clearly different but related
Hue familymagenta
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#4EBD3B
Analogous#693BBD, #BD3B8F
Triadic#BDAA3B, #3BBDAA
Split complementary#8FBD3B, #3BBD69
Tetradic#BD693B, #4EBD3B, #3B8FBD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EDD3F1
Lighter +30%#DDACE5
Lighter +20%#CD85D9
Lighter +10%#BD5ECD
Darker −10%#872F96
Darker −20%#64236F
Darker −30%#411748
Darker −40%#1E0A22
More saturated +25%#C01CDC
Less saturated −25%#945A9E

Channel breakdown

R170
G59
B189
Red170 (66.7%)
Green59 (23.1%)
Blue189 (74.1%)
Hue291.23°
Saturation (HSL)52.42%
Lightness48.63%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AA · G 3B · B BD

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