Recognised as Colour

#AA4EFD

#AA4EFD
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Blue violet

#AA4EFD is a violet with RGB values 170, 78, 253 and HSL 272°, 98%, 65%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.2:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

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HEX#AA4EFD

RGBrgb(170, 78, 253)

RGB (0–1)0.6667, 0.3059, 0.9922

RGB percentages66.7%, 30.6%, 99.2%

HSLhsl(271.5, 97.8%, 64.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(271.5, 69.2%, 99.2%)

CMYK32.8%, 69.2%, 0%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,161,341

CSS custom property--colour: #AA4EFD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.21087WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness139.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.22:1

Contrast with white4.03:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.22:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#6E6E6E

Inverted#55B102

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#007DFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 46.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#007EF9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 50 from the original

Tritanopia#9A77A0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 72.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text4.03:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.22:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 11.4 Dark orchid · ΔE 15.6 Dark violet · ΔE 16.2 Medium orchid · ΔE 26.1 Medium slateblue · ΔE 27.3 Fuchsia · ΔE 33.5

Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 11.41, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#A1FD4E

Analogous#534EFD, #FD4EF8

Triadic#FDAA4E, #4EFDAA

Split complementary#F9FD4E, #4EFD53

Tetradic#FD534E, #A1FD4E, #4EF8FD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#F3E5FF

Lighter +20%#DAB3FE

Lighter +10%#C280FE

Darker −10%#921CFC

Darker −20%#7803E2

Darker −30%#5D02B0

Darker −40%#43017E

More saturated +25%#AA4CFF

Less saturated −25%#A964E7

Channel breakdown

R170

G78

B253

Red170 (66.7%)

Green78 (30.6%)

Blue253 (99.2%)

Hue271.54°

Saturation (HSL)97.77%

Lightness64.9%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR AA · G 4E · B FD

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Colour values

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