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Recognised as Colour

#AA42F8

  • #AA42F8
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#AA42F8 is a violet with RGB values 170, 66, 248 and HSL 274°, 93%, 62%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#AA42F8#AA42F8
HEX#AA42F8
RGBrgb(170, 66, 248)
RGB (0–1)0.6667, 0.2588, 0.9725
RGB percentages66.7%, 25.9%, 97.3%
HSLhsl(274.3, 92.9%, 61.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(274.3, 73.4%, 97.3%)
CMYK31.5%, 73.4%, 0%, 2.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,158,264
CSS custom property--colour: #AA42F8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.1922WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness134.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.84:1
Contrast with white4.34:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black4.84:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#656565
Inverted#55BD07

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0076FDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 47.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#007AF4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 53.3 from the original
Tritanopia#9C6F9Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 73 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.34:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text4.84:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 9.1Dark violet · ΔE 12.6Dark orchid · ΔE 16Medium orchid · ΔE 28.3Fuchsia · ΔE 30.8Magenta · ΔE 30.8
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 9.13, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#90F842
Analogous#4F42F8, #F842EB
Triadic#F8AA42, #42F8AA
Split complementary#EBF842, #42F84F
Tetradic#F84F42, #90F842, #42EBF8

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#ECD6FD
Lighter +20%#D6A4FC
Lighter +10%#C073FA
Darker −10%#9411F6
Darker −20%#7808CC
Darker −30%#5B069B
Darker −40%#3E046A
More saturated +25%#AB3BFF
Less saturated −25%#A65BE0

Channel breakdown

R170
G66
B248
Red170 (66.7%)
Green66 (25.9%)
Blue248 (97.3%)
Hue274.29°
Saturation (HSL)92.86%
Lightness61.57%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AA · G 42 · B F8

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