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Recognised as Colour

#AA47FA

  • #AA47FA
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#AA47FA is a violet with RGB values 170, 71, 250 and HSL 273°, 95%, 63%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#AA47FA#AA47FA
HEX#AA47FA
RGBrgb(170, 71, 250)
RGB (0–1)0.6667, 0.2784, 0.9804
RGB percentages66.7%, 27.8%, 98%
HSLhsl(273.2, 94.7%, 62.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(273.2, 71.6%, 98%)
CMYK32%, 71.6%, 0%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,159,546
CSS custom property--colour: #AA47FA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.19955WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness136.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.99:1
Contrast with white4.21:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black4.99:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#696969
Inverted#55B805

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0079FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 46.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#007CF6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 52.2 from the original
Tritanopia#9B729Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 72.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.21:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text4.99:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 9.9Dark violet · ΔE 14Dark orchid · ΔE 15.7Medium orchid · ΔE 27.3Medium slateblue · ΔE 29.6Fuchsia · ΔE 31.8
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 9.87, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#97FA47
Analogous#5047FA, #FA47F1
Triadic#FAAA47, #47FAAA
Split complementary#F1FA47, #47FA51
Tetradic#FA5047, #97FA47, #47F1FA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#EFDCFE
Lighter +20%#D8AAFD
Lighter +10%#C179FB
Darker −10%#9315F9
Darker −20%#7906D5
Darker −30%#5C04A4
Darker −40%#400372
More saturated +25%#AB42FF
Less saturated −25%#A75FE2

Channel breakdown

R170
G71
B250
Red170 (66.7%)
Green71 (27.8%)
Blue250 (98%)
Hue273.18°
Saturation (HSL)94.71%
Lightness62.94%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AA · G 47 · B FA

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