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Recognised as Colour

#AA7EE5

  • #AA7EE5
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium purple

#AA7EE5 is a violet with RGB values 170, 126, 229 and HSL 266°, 66%, 70%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium purple.

Colour values

#AA7EE5#AA7EE5
HEX#AA7EE5
RGBrgb(170, 126, 229)
RGB (0–1)0.6667, 0.4941, 0.898
RGB percentages66.7%, 49.4%, 89.8%
HSLhsl(265.6, 66.5%, 69.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(265.6, 45%, 89.8%)
CMYK25.8%, 45%, 0%, 10.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,173,605
CSS custom property--colour: #AA7EE5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.29125WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness154.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.82:1
Contrast with white3.08:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.82:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#8F8F8F
Inverted#55811A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#6192E9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 28.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#6C93E2no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 28.9 from the original
Tritanopia#9F90A7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 45.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.08:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.82:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 7.1Slate blue · ΔE 19.5Medium slateblue · ΔE 21.4Orchid · ΔE 21.4Medium orchid · ΔE 22.8Violet · ΔE 22.8
Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 7.13, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B9E57E
Analogous#7E85E5, #DD7EE5
Triadic#E5AA7E, #7EE5AA
Split complementary#E5DE7E, #85E57E
Tetradic#E57E86, #B9E57E, #7EE5DE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FEFDFF
Lighter +20%#E2D3F6
Lighter +10%#C6A8EE
Darker −10%#8E54DC
Darker −20%#722AD3
Darker −30%#5B22A8
Darker −40%#44197E
More saturated +25%#A76BF8
Less saturated −25%#AD91D2

Channel breakdown

R170
G126
B229
Red170 (66.7%)
Green126 (49.4%)
Blue229 (89.8%)
Hue265.63°
Saturation (HSL)66.45%
Lightness69.61%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AA · G 7E · B E5

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