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Recognised as Colour

#AA56FF

  • #AA56FF
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#AA56FF is a violet with RGB values 170, 86, 255 and HSL 270°, 100%, 67%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#AA56FF#AA56FF
HEX#AA56FF
RGBrgb(170, 86, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.6667, 0.3373, 1
RGB percentages66.7%, 33.7%, 100%
HSLhsl(269.8, 100%, 66.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(269.8, 66.3%, 100%)
CMYK33.3%, 66.3%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,163,391
CSS custom property--colour: #AA56FF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.22422WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness142.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.48:1
Contrast with white3.83:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.48:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#747474
Inverted#55A900

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0081FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 46.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#0082FBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 48.5 from the original
Tritanopia#997CA4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 70.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.83:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.48:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 14Dark orchid · ΔE 15.5Dark violet · ΔE 19.1Medium orchid · ΔE 24.1Medium slateblue · ΔE 24.1Slate blue · ΔE 32.6
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 13.97, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#ABFF56
Analogous#5656FF, #FF56FF
Triadic#FFAA56, #56FFAA
Split complementary#FFFF56, #56FF56
Tetradic#FF5656, #ABFF56, #56FFFF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F7EFFF
Lighter +20%#DDBCFF
Lighter +10%#C489FF
Darker −10%#9023FF
Darker −20%#7700EF
Darker −30%#5D00BC
Darker −40%#440089
More saturated +25%#AA56FF
Less saturated −25%#AA6BEA

Channel breakdown

R170
G86
B255
Red170 (66.7%)
Green86 (33.7%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue269.82°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness66.86%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AA · G 56 · B FF

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