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Recognised as Colour

#AA61CA

  • #AA61CA
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium orchid

#AA61CA is a violet with RGB values 170, 97, 202 and HSL 282°, 50%, 59%. 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

#AA61CA#AA61CA
HEX#AA61CA
RGBrgb(170, 97, 202)
RGB (0–1)0.6667, 0.3804, 0.7922
RGB percentages66.7%, 38%, 79.2%
HSLhsl(281.7, 49.8%, 58.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(281.7, 52%, 79.2%)
CMYK15.8%, 52%, 0%, 20.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,166,154
CSS custom property--colour: #AA61CA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.2136WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness137.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.27:1
Contrast with white3.98:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.27:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#787878
Inverted#559E35

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#497BCEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 38 from the original
Deuteranopia#6081C7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 39.1 from the original
Tritanopia#A8728Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 43.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.98:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.27:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium orchid · ΔE 12.7Medium purple · ΔE 12.7Orchid · ΔE 15.1Violet · ΔE 19.7Slate blue · ΔE 20.2Rebecca purple · ΔE 21.3
Nearest named CSS colourMedium orchid (#BA55D3)ΔE 12.73, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#81CA61
Analogous#7661CA, #CA61B5
Triadic#CAAA61, #61CAAA
Split complementary#B5CA61, #61CA76
Tetradic#CA7661, #81CA61, #61B5CA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FCFAFD
Lighter +30%#E8D4F0
Lighter +20%#D3ADE4
Lighter +10%#BF87D7
Darker −10%#943EBA
Darker −20%#763194
Darker −30%#57256D
Darker −40%#391847
More saturated +25%#B447E4
Less saturated −25%#A07BB0

Channel breakdown

R170
G97
B202
Red170 (66.7%)
Green97 (38%)
Blue202 (79.2%)
Hue281.71°
Saturation (HSL)49.76%
Lightness58.63%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AA · G 61 · B CA

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