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Recognised as Colour

#AA3FFF

  • #AA3FFF
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#AA3FFF is a violet with RGB values 170, 63, 255 and HSL 273°, 100%, 62%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#AA3FFF#AA3FFF
HEX#AA3FFF
RGBrgb(170, 63, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.6667, 0.2471, 1
RGB percentages66.7%, 24.7%, 100%
HSLhsl(273.4, 100%, 62.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(273.4, 75.3%, 100%)
CMYK33.3%, 75.3%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,157,503
CSS custom property--colour: #AA3FFF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.19321WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness135.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.86:1
Contrast with white4.32:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black4.86:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#646464
Inverted#55C000

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0077FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 49.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#007AFBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 53.3 from the original
Tritanopia#9A709Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 76.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.32:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text4.86:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 10Dark violet · ΔE 13.2Dark orchid · ΔE 20.1Fuchsia · ΔE 30.2Magenta · ΔE 30.2Medium blue · ΔE 30.9
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 9.96, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#94FF3F
Analogous#4A3FFF, #FF3FF4
Triadic#FFAA3F, #3FFFAA
Split complementary#F4FF3F, #3FFF4A
Tetradic#FF4A3F, #94FF3F, #3FF4FF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#EED8FF
Lighter +20%#D7A5FF
Lighter +10%#C172FF
Darker −10%#930CFF
Darker −20%#7800D8
Darker −30%#5C00A5
Darker −40%#400072
More saturated +25%#AA3FFF
Less saturated −25%#A757E7

Channel breakdown

R170
G63
B255
Red170 (66.7%)
Green63 (24.7%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue273.44°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness62.35%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AA · G 3F · B FF

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