Colour

#AA80BD

#AA80BD
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Plum

#AA80BD is a violet with RGB values 170, 128, 189 and HSL 281°, 32%, 62%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

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HEX#AA80BD

RGBrgb(170, 128, 189)

RGB (0–1)0.6667, 0.502, 0.7412

RGB percentages66.7%, 50.2%, 74.1%

HSLhsl(281.3, 31.6%, 62.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(281.3, 32.3%, 74.1%)

CMYK10.1%, 32.3%, 0%, 25.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,174,077

CSS custom property--colour: #AA80BD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.27659WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness149.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.53:1

Contrast with white3.22:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.53:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#8D8D8D

Inverted#557F42

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#778DBFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 22.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#8091BBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 23.5 from the original

Tritanopia#A98896no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 26.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.22:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.53:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 15.2 Medium purple · ΔE 26.5 Orchid · ΔE 29.4 Cornflower blue · ΔE 29.8 Thistle · ΔE 29.9 Pale violetred · ΔE 31.8

Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 15.2, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#93BD80

Analogous#8B80BD, #BD80B2

Triadic#BDAA80, #80BDAA

Split complementary#B2BD80, #80BD8B

Tetradic#BD8B80, #93BD80, #80B2BD

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#EDE5F1

Lighter +20%#D7C3E0

Lighter +10%#C0A2CE

Darker −10%#945EAC

Darker −20%#784A8D

Darker −30%#5C386C

Darker −40%#3F274A

More saturated +25%#B368D5

Less saturated −25%#A198A5

Channel breakdown

R170

G128

B189

Red170 (66.7%)

Green128 (50.2%)

Blue189 (74.1%)

Hue281.31°

Saturation (HSL)31.61%

Lightness62.16%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR AA · G 80 · B BD

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Colour values

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