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Recognised as Colour

#AA3BE5

  • #AA3BE5
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark orchid

#AA3BE5 is a violet with RGB values 170, 59, 229 and HSL 279°, 77%, 56%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark orchid.

Colour values

#AA3BE5#AA3BE5
HEX#AA3BE5
RGBrgb(170, 59, 229)
RGB (0–1)0.6667, 0.2314, 0.898
RGB percentages66.7%, 23.1%, 89.8%
HSLhsl(279.2, 76.6%, 56.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(279.2, 74.2%, 89.8%)
CMYK25.8%, 74.2%, 0%, 10.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,156,453
CSS custom property--colour: #AA3BE5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.17331WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness129.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.7:1
Contrast with white4.7:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.47:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#5F5F5F
Inverted#55C41A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#006FEAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 48.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#1375E1no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 55.6 from the original
Tritanopia#A2638Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 65.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.7:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.47:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark orchid · ΔE 9.2Blue violet · ΔE 11.1Dark violet · ΔE 12Medium orchid · ΔE 21.9Medium slateblue · ΔE 29.2Fuchsia · ΔE 30.9
Nearest named CSS colourDark orchid (#9932CC)ΔE 9.16, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#76E53B
Analogous#553BE5, #E53BCB
Triadic#E5AA3B, #3BE5AA
Split complementary#CBE53B, #3BE555
Tetradic#E5553B, #76E53B, #3BCBE5

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F8EFFD
Lighter +30%#E5C2F7
Lighter +20%#D195F1
Lighter +10%#BE68EB
Darker −10%#921CD1
Darker −20%#7316A4
Darker −30%#531077
Darker −40%#340A4A
More saturated +25%#B221FF
Less saturated −25%#A257C9

Channel breakdown

R170
G59
B229
Red170 (66.7%)
Green59 (23.1%)
Blue229 (89.8%)
Hue279.18°
Saturation (HSL)76.58%
Lightness56.47%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AA · G 3B · B E5

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