Recognised as Colour

#AA66BA

#AA66BA
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Orchid

#AA66BA is a violet with RGB values 170, 102, 186 and HSL 289°, 38%, 56%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.3:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Orchid.

Colour values

#AA66BA#AA66BA

HEX#AA66BA

RGBrgb(170, 102, 186)

RGB (0–1)0.6667, 0.4, 0.7294

RGB percentages66.7%, 40%, 72.9%

HSLhsl(288.6, 37.8%, 56.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(288.6, 45.2%, 72.9%)

CMYK8.6%, 45.2%, 0%, 27.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,167,418

CSS custom property--colour: #AA66BA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.21594WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness136.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.32:1

Contrast with white3.95:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.32:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#7B7B7B

Inverted#559945

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#597BBDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 34.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#6C83B8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 35.8 from the original

Tritanopia#AB7187no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 34.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.95:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.32:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Orchid · ΔE 16.9 Medium purple · ΔE 17.4 Violet · ΔE 22.4 Medium orchid · ΔE 22.8 Plum · ΔE 24.4 Rebecca purple · ΔE 25

Nearest named CSS colourOrchid (#DA70D6)ΔE 16.88, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#76BA66

Analogous#8066BA, #BA66A0

Triadic#BAAA66, #66BAAA

Split complementary#A0BA66, #66BA80

Tetradic#BA8066, #76BA66, #66A0BA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#F8F3F9

Lighter +30%#E5CFEA

Lighter +20%#D1ACDA

Lighter +10%#BE89CA

Darker −10%#924AA3

Darker −20%#733A80

Darker −30%#532A5D

Darker −40%#341A3A

More saturated +25%#BB4AD6

Less saturated −25%#99829E

Channel breakdown

R170

G102

B186

Red170 (66.7%)

Green102 (40%)

Blue186 (72.9%)

Hue288.57°

Saturation (HSL)37.84%

Lightness56.47%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR AA · G 66 · B BA

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Colour values

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