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Recognised as Colour

#AA689B

  • #AA689B
  • Magenta
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Plum

#AA689B is a magenta with RGB values 170, 104, 155 and HSL 314°, 28%, 54%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.2:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

#AA689B#AA689B
HEX#AA689B
RGBrgb(170, 104, 155)
RGB (0–1)0.6667, 0.4078, 0.6078
RGB percentages66.7%, 40.8%, 60.8%
HSLhsl(313.6, 28%, 53.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(313.6, 38.8%, 66.7%)
CMYK0%, 38.8%, 8.8%, 33.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,167,899
CSS custom property--colour: #AA689B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.20813WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness133.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.16:1
Contrast with white4.07:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.16:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#7A7A7A
Inverted#559764

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#68789Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 31.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#798199no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 31.9 from the original
Tritanopia#B06B7Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 20 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.07:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.16:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 21.4Pale violetred · ΔE 21.9Orchid · ΔE 29.4Rosy brown · ΔE 30.8Hot pink · ΔE 33.2Medium purple · ΔE 33.7
Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 21.38, a distinctly different colour
Hue familymagenta
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#68AA77
Analogous#9868AA, #AA687A
Triadic#9BAA68, #689BAA
Split complementary#7AAA68, #68AA98
Tetradic#AA9868, #68AA77, #687AAA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F3EBF1
Lighter +30%#E1CADC
Lighter +20%#CFA9C6
Lighter +10%#BC89B1
Darker −10%#8F5081
Darker −20%#6E3E63
Darker −30%#4D2C46
Darker −40%#2D1928
More saturated +25%#C84AAB
Less saturated −25%#8D868B

Channel breakdown

R170
G104
B155
Red170 (66.7%)
Green104 (40.8%)
Blue155 (60.8%)
Hue313.64°
Saturation (HSL)27.97%
Lightness53.73%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR AA · G 68 · B 9B

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