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Recognised as Colour

#AA5EFB

  • #AA5EFB
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark orchid

#AA5EFB is a violet with RGB values 170, 94, 251 and HSL 269°, 95%, 68%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark orchid.

Colour values

#AA5EFB#AA5EFB
HEX#AA5EFB
RGBrgb(170, 94, 251)
RGB (0–1)0.6667, 0.3686, 0.9843
RGB percentages66.7%, 36.9%, 98.4%
HSLhsl(269, 95.2%, 67.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(269, 62.5%, 98.4%)
CMYK32.3%, 62.5%, 0%, 1.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,165,435
CSS custom property--colour: #AA5EFB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.23516WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness144.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.7:1
Contrast with white3.68:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.7:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#797979
Inverted#55A104

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0084FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 43.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#2B85F8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 44.8 from the original
Tritanopia#9A80A4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 67 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.68:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.7:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark orchid · ΔE 15Blue violet · ΔE 18.6Medium slateblue · ΔE 19Medium orchid · ΔE 19.5Dark violet · ΔE 23.4Slate blue · ΔE 27.3
Nearest named CSS colourDark orchid (#9932CC)ΔE 14.99, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#AFFB5E
Analogous#5E61FB, #F85EFB
Triadic#FBAA5E, #5EFBAA
Split complementary#FBF95E, #61FB5E
Tetradic#FB5E61, #AFFB5E, #5EFBF8

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F9F3FF
Lighter +20%#DFC2FD
Lighter +10%#C490FC
Darker −10%#902CFA
Darker −20%#7606ED
Darker −30%#5D05BB
Darker −40%#44038A
More saturated +25%#AA5AFF
Less saturated −25%#AB73E6

Channel breakdown

R170
G94
B251
Red170 (66.7%)
Green94 (36.9%)
Blue251 (98.4%)
Hue269.04°
Saturation (HSL)95.15%
Lightness67.65%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AA · G 5E · B FB

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