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Recognised as Colour

#AA68FF

  • #AA68FF
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium slateblue

#AA68FF is a violet with RGB values 170, 104, 255 and HSL 266°, 100%, 70%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.1:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium slateblue.

Colour values

#AA68FF#AA68FF
HEX#AA68FF
RGBrgb(170, 104, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.6667, 0.4078, 1
RGB percentages66.7%, 40.8%, 100%
HSLhsl(266.2, 100%, 70.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(266.2, 59.2%, 100%)
CMYK33.3%, 59.2%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,167,999
CSS custom property--colour: #AA68FF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.25667WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness149.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.13:1
Contrast with white3.42:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.13:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#818181
Inverted#559700

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#078AFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 42.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#378AFCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 41.2 from the original
Tritanopia#9888AAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 65.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.42:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.13:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium slateblue · ΔE 15.6Dark orchid · ΔE 18.1Medium orchid · ΔE 19Blue violet · ΔE 23Slate blue · ΔE 24.5Medium purple · ΔE 24.6
Nearest named CSS colourMedium slateblue (#7B68EE)ΔE 15.57, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BDFF68
Analogous#6872FF, #F568FF
Triadic#FFAA68, #68FFAA
Split complementary#FFF568, #72FF68
Tetradic#FF6872, #BDFF68, #68FFF5

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E3CEFF
Lighter +10%#C79BFF
Darker −10%#8D35FF
Darker −20%#7102FF
Darker −30%#5A00CE
Darker −40%#44009B
More saturated +25%#AA68FF
Less saturated −25%#AC7BEC

Channel breakdown

R170
G104
B255
Red170 (66.7%)
Green104 (40.8%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue266.23°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness70.39%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AA · G 68 · B FF

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