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Recognised as Colour

#AA759B

  • #AA759B
  • Magenta
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Plum

#AA759B is a magenta with RGB values 170, 117, 155 and HSL 317°, 24%, 56%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

#AA759B#AA759B
HEX#AA759B
RGBrgb(170, 117, 155)
RGB (0–1)0.6667, 0.4588, 0.6078
RGB percentages66.7%, 45.9%, 60.8%
HSLhsl(317, 23.8%, 56.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(317, 31.2%, 66.7%)
CMYK0%, 31.2%, 8.8%, 33.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,171,227
CSS custom property--colour: #AA759B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.23635WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness139.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.73:1
Contrast with white3.67:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.73:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#838383
Inverted#558A64

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#76819Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 25.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#838899no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 25.2 from the original
Tritanopia#B07682no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 15.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.67:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.73:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 21Rosy brown · ΔE 22.6Pale violetred · ΔE 22.9Thistle · ΔE 28.1Light slate grey · ΔE 29.2Slate grey · ΔE 29.2
Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 21.01, a distinctly different colour
Hue familymagenta
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#75AA84
Analogous#9F75AA, #AA7581
Triadic#9BAA75, #759BAA
Split complementary#81AA75, #75AA9F
Tetradic#AA9F75, #75AA84, #7581AA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F8F3F6
Lighter +30%#E4D4E0
Lighter +20%#D1B4C9
Lighter +10%#BD95B2
Darker −10%#925A82
Darker −20%#724766
Darker −30%#53334A
Darker −40%#33202E
More saturated +25%#C659A7
Less saturated −25%#909090

Channel breakdown

R170
G117
B155
Red170 (66.7%)
Green117 (45.9%)
Blue155 (60.8%)
Hue316.98°
Saturation (HSL)23.77%
Lightness56.27%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR AA · G 75 · B 9B

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