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Recognised as Colour

#AA4CF8

  • #AA4CF8
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#AA4CF8 is a violet with RGB values 170, 76, 248 and HSL 273°, 92%, 64%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.1:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#AA4CF8#AA4CF8
HEX#AA4CF8
RGBrgb(170, 76, 248)
RGB (0–1)0.6667, 0.298, 0.9725
RGB percentages66.7%, 29.8%, 97.3%
HSLhsl(272.8, 92.5%, 63.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(272.8, 69.4%, 97.3%)
CMYK31.5%, 69.4%, 0%, 2.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,160,824
CSS custom property--colour: #AA4CF8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.20492WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness138 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.1:1
Contrast with white4.12:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.1:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#6C6C6C
Inverted#55B307

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#007AFDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 45.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#007DF4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 51 from the original
Tritanopia#9C749Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 70.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.12:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.1:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 11.4Dark orchid · ΔE 13.8Dark violet · ΔE 15.7Medium orchid · ΔE 24.4Medium slateblue · ΔE 26.7Fuchsia · ΔE 33.3
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 11.39, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#9AF84C
Analogous#544CF8, #F84CF0
Triadic#F8AA4C, #4CF8AA
Split complementary#F0F84C, #4CF854
Tetradic#F8544C, #9AF84C, #4CF0F8

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F0DFFE
Lighter +20%#D9AEFC
Lighter +10%#C17DFA
Darker −10%#931BF6
Darker −20%#7908D6
Darker −30%#5D06A5
Darker −40%#410573
More saturated +25%#AB45FF
Less saturated −25%#A863E1

Channel breakdown

R170
G76
B248
Red170 (66.7%)
Green76 (29.8%)
Blue248 (97.3%)
Hue272.79°
Saturation (HSL)92.47%
Lightness63.53%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AA · G 4C · B F8

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