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Recognised as Colour

#AA69CA

  • #AA69CA
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium purple

#AA69CA is a violet with RGB values 170, 105, 202 and HSL 280°, 48%, 60%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium purple.

Colour values

#AA69CA#AA69CA
HEX#AA69CA
RGBrgb(170, 105, 202)
RGB (0–1)0.6667, 0.4118, 0.7922
RGB percentages66.7%, 41.2%, 79.2%
HSLhsl(280.2, 47.8%, 60.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(280.2, 48%, 79.2%)
CMYK15.8%, 48%, 0%, 20.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,168,202
CSS custom property--colour: #AA69CA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.22913WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness140.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.58:1
Contrast with white3.76:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.58:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#7E7E7E
Inverted#559635

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#5480CDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 35 from the original
Deuteranopia#6785C7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 35.5 from the original
Tritanopia#A77890no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 40.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.76:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.58:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 11.6Orchid · ΔE 15.8Medium orchid · ΔE 17.7Violet · ΔE 20.2Slate blue · ΔE 21.1Rebecca purple · ΔE 23.1
Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 11.55, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#89CA69
Analogous#7A69CA, #CA69B9
Triadic#CAAA69, #69CAAA
Split complementary#B9CA69, #69CA7A
Tetradic#CA7A69, #89CA69, #69B9CA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#EADAF2
Lighter +20%#D5B4E5
Lighter +10%#BF8FD7
Darker −10%#9543BD
Darker −20%#773697
Darker −30%#5A2872
Darker −40%#3C1B4C
More saturated +25%#B350E3
Less saturated −25%#A182B1

Channel breakdown

R170
G105
B202
Red170 (66.7%)
Green105 (41.2%)
Blue202 (79.2%)
Hue280.21°
Saturation (HSL)47.78%
Lightness60.2%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AA · G 69 · B CA

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