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Recognised as Colour

#AA69E7

  • #AA69E7
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium orchid

#AA69E7 is a violet with RGB values 170, 105, 231 and HSL 271°, 72%, 66%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium orchid.

Colour values

#AA69E7#AA69E7
HEX#AA69E7
RGBrgb(170, 105, 231)
RGB (0–1)0.6667, 0.4118, 0.9059
RGB percentages66.7%, 41.2%, 90.6%
HSLhsl(271, 72.4%, 65.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(271, 54.5%, 90.6%)
CMYK26.4%, 54.5%, 0%, 9.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,168,231
CSS custom property--colour: #AA69E7;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.24419WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness145.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.88:1
Contrast with white3.57:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.88:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#808080
Inverted#559618

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#3D85EBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 37.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#5388E4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 38.5 from the original
Tritanopia#A0819Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 54 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.57:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.88:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium orchid · ΔE 12.2Medium purple · ΔE 13.4Medium slateblue · ΔE 14.6Slate blue · ΔE 17.8Dark orchid · ΔE 21.3Orchid · ΔE 21.6
Nearest named CSS colourMedium orchid (#BA55D3)ΔE 12.18, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A6E769
Analogous#6B69E7, #E769E5
Triadic#E7AA69, #69E7AA
Split complementary#E5E769, #69E76B
Tetradic#E76B69, #A6E769, #69E5E7

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F5EDFC
Lighter +20%#DCC1F5
Lighter +10%#C395EE
Darker −10%#913DE0
Darker −20%#7820CA
Darker −30%#5E199E
Darker −40%#441272
More saturated +25%#AB53FD
Less saturated −25%#A97FD1

Channel breakdown

R170
G105
B231
Red170 (66.7%)
Green105 (41.2%)
Blue231 (90.6%)
Hue270.95°
Saturation (HSL)72.41%
Lightness65.88%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AA · G 69 · B E7

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