Colour

#AA76B8

#AA76B8
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Plum

#AA76B8 is a violet with RGB values 170, 118, 184 and HSL 287°, 32%, 59%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

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HEX#AA76B8

RGBrgb(170, 118, 184)

RGB (0–1)0.6667, 0.4627, 0.7216

RGB percentages66.7%, 46.3%, 72.2%

HSLhsl(287.3, 31.7%, 59.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(287.3, 35.9%, 72.2%)

CMYK7.6%, 35.9%, 0%, 27.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,171,512

CSS custom property--colour: #AA76B8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.24964WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness143.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.99:1

Contrast with white3.5:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.99:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#868686

Inverted#558947

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#6D85BAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 27 from the original

Deuteranopia#7A8BB6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 27.8 from the original

Tritanopia#AB7E8Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 27.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.5:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.99:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 17 Medium purple · ΔE 23.9 Orchid · ΔE 25.2 Violet · ΔE 29.3 Pale violetred · ΔE 30.6 Dark slateblue · ΔE 30.9

Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 17.04, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#84B876

Analogous#8976B8, #B876A5

Triadic#B8AA76, #76B8AA

Split complementary#A5B876, #76B889

Tetradic#B88976, #84B876, #76A5B8

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FDFCFE

Lighter +30%#E9DBEC

Lighter +20%#D4B9DB

Lighter +10%#BF98C9

Darker −10%#9456A5

Darker −20%#764484

Darker −30%#583362

Darker −40%#3A2141

More saturated +25%#B95CD2

Less saturated −25%#9B909E

Channel breakdown

R170

G118

B184

Red170 (66.7%)

Green118 (46.3%)

Blue184 (72.2%)

Hue287.27°

Saturation (HSL)31.73%

Lightness59.22%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR AA · G 76 · B B8

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