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Recognised as Colour

#AA759E

  • #AA759E
  • Magenta
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Plum

#AA759E is a magenta with RGB values 170, 117, 158 and HSL 314°, 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

#AA759E#AA759E
HEX#AA759E
RGBrgb(170, 117, 158)
RGB (0–1)0.6667, 0.4588, 0.6196
RGB percentages66.7%, 45.9%, 62%
HSLhsl(313.6, 23.8%, 56.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(313.6, 31.2%, 66.7%)
CMYK0%, 31.2%, 7.1%, 33.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,171,230
CSS custom property--colour: #AA759E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.23737WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness139.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.75:1
Contrast with white3.65:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.75:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#838383
Inverted#558A61

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#7581A0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 25 from the original
Deuteranopia#82899Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 26.1 from the original
Tritanopia#AF7783no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 16.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.65:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.75:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 20.1Pale violetred · ΔE 23.4Rosy brown · ΔE 24.1Thistle · ΔE 28.5Light slate grey · ΔE 29.8Slate grey · ΔE 29.9
Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 20.07, a distinctly different colour
Hue familymagenta
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#75AA81
Analogous#9C75AA, #AA7584
Triadic#9EAA75, #759EAA
Split complementary#84AA75, #75AA9B
Tetradic#AA9B75, #75AA81, #7584AA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F8F3F7
Lighter +30%#E4D4E1
Lighter +20%#D1B4CA
Lighter +10%#BD95B4
Darker −10%#925A85
Darker −20%#724769
Darker −30%#53334C
Darker −40%#33202F
More saturated +25%#C659AD
Less saturated −25%#909090

Channel breakdown

R170
G117
B158
Red170 (66.7%)
Green117 (45.9%)
Blue158 (62%)
Hue313.58°
Saturation (HSL)23.77%
Lightness56.27%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR AA · G 75 · B 9E

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