Colour

#AA7CB8

#AA7CB8
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Plum

#AA7CB8 is a violet with RGB values 170, 124, 184 and HSL 286°, 30%, 60%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.3:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

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HEX#AA7CB8

RGBrgb(170, 124, 184)

RGB (0–1)0.6667, 0.4863, 0.7216

RGB percentages66.7%, 48.6%, 72.2%

HSLhsl(286, 29.7%, 60.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(286, 32.6%, 72.2%)

CMYK7.6%, 32.6%, 0%, 27.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,173,048

CSS custom property--colour: #AA7CB8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.26422WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness146.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.28:1

Contrast with white3.34:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.28:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#8A8A8A

Inverted#558347

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#7489BAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 24 from the original

Deuteranopia#7F8EB6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 24.6 from the original

Tritanopia#AA8392no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 25 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.34:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.28:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 15.7 Medium purple · ΔE 27 Orchid · ΔE 28.8 Pale violetred · ΔE 30.3 Thistle · ΔE 30.7 Cornflower blue · ΔE 31.5

Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 15.68, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#8AB87C

Analogous#8C7CB8, #B87CA8

Triadic#B8AA7C, #7CB8AA

Split complementary#A8B87C, #7CB88C

Tetradic#B88C7C, #8AB87C, #7CA8B8

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#EADFEE

Lighter +20%#D5BEDC

Lighter +10%#BF9DCA

Darker −10%#955BA6

Darker −20%#774886

Darker −30%#5A3665

Darker −40%#3C2543

More saturated +25%#B763D1

Less saturated −25%#9D959F

Channel breakdown

R170

G124

B184

Red170 (66.7%)

Green124 (48.6%)

Blue184 (72.2%)

Hue286°

Saturation (HSL)29.7%

Lightness60.39%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR AA · G 7C · B B8

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Colour values

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