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Recognised as Colour

#AA7FED

  • #AA7FED
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium purple

#AA7FED is a violet with RGB values 170, 127, 237 and HSL 263°, 75%, 71%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium purple.

Colour values

#AA7FED#AA7FED
HEX#AA7FED
RGBrgb(170, 127, 237)
RGB (0–1)0.6667, 0.498, 0.9294
RGB percentages66.7%, 49.8%, 92.9%
HSLhsl(263.5, 75.3%, 71.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(263.5, 46.4%, 92.9%)
CMYK28.3%, 46.4%, 0%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,173,869
CSS custom property--colour: #AA7FED;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.29839WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness156.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.97:1
Contrast with white3.01:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.97:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#909090
Inverted#558012

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#5E94F1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 28.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#6894EAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 29.1 from the original
Tritanopia#9D93ABno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 49 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.01:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.97:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 6.9Slate blue · ΔE 18.3Medium slateblue · ΔE 18.5Medium orchid · ΔE 21.8Orchid · ΔE 22.4Violet · ΔE 23.2
Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 6.87, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C2ED7F
Analogous#7F8BED, #E17FED
Triadic#EDAA7F, #7FEDAA
Split complementary#EDE17F, #8BED7F
Tetradic#ED7F8B, #C2ED7F, #7FEDE1

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E5D8FA
Lighter +10%#C8ACF3
Darker −10%#8C52E7
Darker −20%#6F26E0
Darker −30%#581AB9
Darker −40%#43148C
More saturated +25%#A66DFF
Less saturated −25%#AE91DB

Channel breakdown

R170
G127
B237
Red170 (66.7%)
Green127 (49.8%)
Blue237 (92.9%)
Hue263.45°
Saturation (HSL)75.34%
Lightness71.37%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AA · G 7F · B ED

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