Colour

#AA79BA

#AA79BA
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Plum

#AA79BA is a violet with RGB values 170, 121, 186 and HSL 285°, 32%, 60%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.2:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

#AA79BA#AA79BA

HEX#AA79BA

RGBrgb(170, 121, 186)

RGB (0–1)0.6667, 0.4745, 0.7294

RGB percentages66.7%, 47.5%, 72.9%

HSLhsl(285.2, 32%, 60.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(285.2, 34.9%, 72.9%)

CMYK8.6%, 34.9%, 0%, 27.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,172,282

CSS custom property--colour: #AA79BA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.25766WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness145.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.15:1

Contrast with white3.41:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.15:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#888888

Inverted#558645

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#7088BCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 26.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#7C8DB8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 26.5 from the original

Tritanopia#AA8191no 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 text3.41:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.15:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 16.4 Medium purple · ΔE 24.3 Orchid · ΔE 26.3 Violet · ΔE 30 Pale violetred · ΔE 31.1 Cornflower blue · ΔE 31.3

Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 16.38, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#89BA79

Analogous#8A79BA, #BA79A9

Triadic#BAAA79, #79BAAA

Split complementary#AABA79, #79BA8A

Tetradic#BA8A79, #89BA79, #79A9BA

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#EADEEE

Lighter +20%#D5BCDD

Lighter +10%#BF9BCB

Darker −10%#9557A9

Darker −20%#774687

Darker −30%#5A3466

Darker −40%#3C2344

More saturated +25%#B760D3

Less saturated −25%#9D92A1

Channel breakdown

R170

G121

B186

Red170 (66.7%)

Green121 (47.5%)

Blue186 (72.9%)

Hue285.23°

Saturation (HSL)32.02%

Lightness60.2%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR AA · G 79 · B BA

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Colour values

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