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Recognised as Colour

#AA63EE

  • #AA63EE
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium orchid

#AA63EE is a violet with RGB values 170, 99, 238 and HSL 271°, 80%, 66%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium orchid.

Colour values

#AA63EE#AA63EE
HEX#AA63EE
RGBrgb(170, 99, 238)
RGB (0–1)0.6667, 0.3882, 0.9333
RGB percentages66.7%, 38.8%, 93.3%
HSLhsl(270.6, 80.3%, 66.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(270.6, 58.4%, 93.3%)
CMYK28.6%, 58.4%, 0%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,166,702
CSS custom property--colour: #AA63EE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.23643WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness144.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.73:1
Contrast with white3.67:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.73:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#7C7C7C
Inverted#559C11

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#2484F2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 41.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#4586EBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 41.8 from the original
Tritanopia#9E7F9Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 59.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.67:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.73:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium orchid · ΔE 13.1Medium slateblue · ΔE 14.8Dark orchid · ΔE 16.6Medium purple · ΔE 19.7Slate blue · ΔE 20.9Blue violet · ΔE 25.8
Nearest named CSS colourMedium orchid (#BA55D3)ΔE 13.13, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A7EE63
Analogous#6563EE, #EE63EC
Triadic#EEAA63, #63EEAA
Split complementary#EDEE63, #63EE64
Tetradic#EE6463, #A7EE63, #63ECEE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F5EDFD
Lighter +20%#DCBFF8
Lighter +10%#C391F3
Darker −10%#9135E9
Darker −20%#7817D4
Darker −30%#5E12A6
Darker −40%#440D78
More saturated +25%#AA52FF
Less saturated −25%#AA79D8

Channel breakdown

R170
G99
B238
Red170 (66.7%)
Green99 (38.8%)
Blue238 (93.3%)
Hue270.65°
Saturation (HSL)80.35%
Lightness66.08%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AA · G 63 · B EE

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