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Recognised as Colour

#AA5AE9

  • #AA5AE9
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium orchid

#AA5AE9 is a violet with RGB values 170, 90, 233 and HSL 274°, 76%, 63%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.3:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium orchid.

Colour values

#AA5AE9#AA5AE9
HEX#AA5AE9
RGBrgb(170, 90, 233)
RGB (0–1)0.6667, 0.3529, 0.9137
RGB percentages66.7%, 35.3%, 91.4%
HSLhsl(273.6, 76.5%, 63.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(273.6, 61.4%, 91.4%)
CMYK27%, 61.4%, 0%, 8.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,164,393
CSS custom property--colour: #AA5AE9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.21742WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness139.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.35:1
Contrast with white3.93:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.35:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#757575
Inverted#55A516

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#067EEDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 44.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#3F81E6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 44.7 from the original
Tritanopia#A07799no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 59.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.93:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.35:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium orchid · ΔE 12.5Dark orchid · ΔE 12.9Medium slateblue · ΔE 17.5Blue violet · ΔE 22.6Medium purple · ΔE 22.9Slate blue · ΔE 23.2
Nearest named CSS colourMedium orchid (#BA55D3)ΔE 12.47, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#99E95A
Analogous#625AE9, #E95AE1
Triadic#E9AA5A, #5AE9AA
Split complementary#E1E95A, #5AE962
Tetradic#E9625A, #99E95A, #5AE1E9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F0E1FB
Lighter +20%#D8B4F5
Lighter +10%#C187EF
Darker −10%#932DE3
Darker −20%#791AC3
Darker −30%#5D1496
Darker −40%#410E69
More saturated +25%#AD44FF
Less saturated −25%#A771D2

Channel breakdown

R170
G90
B233
Red170 (66.7%)
Green90 (35.3%)
Blue233 (91.4%)
Hue273.57°
Saturation (HSL)76.47%
Lightness63.33%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AA · G 5A · B E9

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