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Recognised as Colour

#AA7CD4

  • #AA7CD4
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium purple

#AA7CD4 is a violet with RGB values 170, 124, 212 and HSL 271°, 51%, 66%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium purple.

Colour values

#AA7CD4#AA7CD4
HEX#AA7CD4
RGBrgb(170, 124, 212)
RGB (0–1)0.6667, 0.4863, 0.8314
RGB percentages66.7%, 48.6%, 83.1%
HSLhsl(271.4, 50.6%, 65.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(271.4, 41.5%, 83.1%)
CMYK19.8%, 41.5%, 0%, 16.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,173,076
CSS custom property--colour: #AA7CD4;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.27715WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness151 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.54:1
Contrast with white3.21:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.54:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#8C8C8C
Inverted#55832B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#688ED7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 27.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#7390D2no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 27.4 from the original
Tritanopia#A48A9Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 38.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.21:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.54:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 12.5Orchid · ΔE 21.3Plum · ΔE 21.7Slate blue · ΔE 23.9Violet · ΔE 24Medium orchid · ΔE 26.6
Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 12.54, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A6D47C
Analogous#7E7CD4, #D47CD2
Triadic#D4AA7C, #7CD4AA
Split complementary#D2D47C, #7CD47E
Tetradic#D47E7C, #A6D47C, #7CD2D4

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F5EFFA
Lighter +20%#DCC9ED
Lighter +10%#C3A2E1
Darker −10%#9156C7
Darker −20%#783AB0
Darker −30%#5E2D8A
Darker −40%#442163
More saturated +25%#AB66EA
Less saturated −25%#A992BE

Channel breakdown

R170
G124
B212
Red170 (66.7%)
Green124 (48.6%)
Blue212 (83.1%)
Hue271.36°
Saturation (HSL)50.57%
Lightness65.88%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AA · G 7C · B D4

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