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Recognised as Colour

#AA75FF

  • #AA75FF
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium slateblue

#AA75FF is a violet with RGB values 170, 117, 255 and HSL 263°, 100%, 73%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium slateblue.

Colour values

#AA75FF#AA75FF
HEX#AA75FF
RGBrgb(170, 117, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.6667, 0.4588, 1
RGB percentages66.7%, 45.9%, 100%
HSLhsl(263, 100%, 72.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(263, 54.1%, 100%)
CMYK33.3%, 54.1%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,171,327
CSS custom property--colour: #AA75FF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.28489WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness155.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.7:1
Contrast with white3.14:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.7:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#8A8A8A
Inverted#558A00

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#3B91FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 37.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#4C90FCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 35.5 from the original
Tritanopia#9891AFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 61.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.14:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.7:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium slateblue · ΔE 11.9Medium purple · ΔE 17.3Medium orchid · ΔE 18.7Slate blue · ΔE 20Dark orchid · ΔE 23.6Royal blue · ΔE 26
Nearest named CSS colourMedium slateblue (#7B68EE)ΔE 11.89, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CAFF75
Analogous#7585FF, #EF75FF
Triadic#FFAA75, #75FFAA
Split complementary#FFEF75, #85FF75
Tetradic#FF7585, #CAFF75, #75FFEF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E9DBFF
Lighter +10%#C9A8FF
Darker −10%#8B42FF
Darker −20%#6B0FFF
Darker −30%#5400DB
Darker −40%#4100A8
More saturated +25%#AA75FF
Less saturated −25%#AE86EE

Channel breakdown

R170
G117
B255
Red170 (66.7%)
Green117 (45.9%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue263.04°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness72.94%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AA · G 75 · B FF

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