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Recognised as Colour

#AA3CE1

  • #AA3CE1
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark orchid

#AA3CE1 is a violet with RGB values 170, 60, 225 and HSL 280°, 73%, 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

#AA3CE1#AA3CE1
HEX#AA3CE1
RGBrgb(170, 60, 225)
RGB (0–1)0.6667, 0.2353, 0.8824
RGB percentages66.7%, 23.5%, 88.2%
HSLhsl(280, 73.3%, 55.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(280, 73.3%, 88.2%)
CMYK24.4%, 73.3%, 0%, 11.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,156,705
CSS custom property--colour: #AA3CE1;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.17214WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness128.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.73:1
Contrast with white4.73:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.44:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#5F5F5F
Inverted#55C31E

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#006EE6no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 48.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#2175DDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 55.2 from the original
Tritanopia#A3628Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 63.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.73:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.44:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark orchid · ΔE 7.3Blue violet · ΔE 12.8Dark violet · ΔE 13.4Medium orchid · ΔE 19.7Medium slateblue · ΔE 28.1Dark magenta · ΔE 30.3
Nearest named CSS colourDark orchid (#9932CC)ΔE 7.31, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#73E13C
Analogous#583CE1, #E13CC5
Triadic#E1AA3C, #3CE1AA
Split complementary#C5E13C, #3CE157
Tetradic#E1583C, #73E13C, #3CC6E1

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F7EDFC
Lighter +30%#E4C1F5
Lighter +20%#D194EF
Lighter +10%#BD68E8
Darker −10%#921FCB
Darker −20%#72189F
Darker −30%#521272
Darker −40%#320B46
More saturated +25%#B320FD
Less saturated −25%#A158C5

Channel breakdown

R170
G60
B225
Red170 (66.7%)
Green60 (23.5%)
Blue225 (88.2%)
Hue280°
Saturation (HSL)73.33%
Lightness55.88%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AA · G 3C · B E1

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