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Recognised as Colour

#AA47E7

  • #AA47E7
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark orchid

#AA47E7 is a violet with RGB values 170, 71, 231 and HSL 277°, 77%, 59%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark orchid.

Colour values

#AA47E7#AA47E7
HEX#AA47E7
RGBrgb(170, 71, 231)
RGB (0–1)0.6667, 0.2784, 0.9059
RGB percentages66.7%, 27.8%, 90.6%
HSLhsl(277.1, 76.9%, 59.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(277.1, 69.3%, 90.6%)
CMYK26.4%, 69.3%, 0%, 9.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,159,527
CSS custom property--colour: #AA47E7;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.18822WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness133 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.76:1
Contrast with white4.41:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black4.76:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#686868
Inverted#55B818

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0074ECno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 47 from the original
Deuteranopia#2679E4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 51.4 from the original
Tritanopia#A16A92no 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 text4.41:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text4.76:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark orchid · ΔE 8.1Blue violet · ΔE 14.2Dark violet · ΔE 16.5Medium orchid · ΔE 18.1Medium slateblue · ΔE 24.8Slate blue · ΔE 30.8
Nearest named CSS colourDark orchid (#9932CC)ΔE 8.09, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#84E747
Analogous#5A47E7, #E747D4
Triadic#E7AA47, #47E7AA
Split complementary#D4E747, #47E75A
Tetradic#E75A47, #84E747, #47D4E7

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FDFBFF
Lighter +30%#E9CEF9
Lighter +20%#D4A1F3
Lighter +10%#BF74ED
Darker −10%#941DDE
Darker −20%#7617B1
Darker −30%#581184
Darker −40%#3A0B57
More saturated +25%#B02FFF
Less saturated −25%#A461CD

Channel breakdown

R170
G71
B231
Red170 (66.7%)
Green71 (27.8%)
Blue231 (90.6%)
Hue277.13°
Saturation (HSL)76.92%
Lightness59.22%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AA · G 47 · B E7

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