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Recognised as Colour

#AA82E9

  • #AA82E9
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium purple

#AA82E9 is a violet with RGB values 170, 130, 233 and HSL 263°, 70%, 71%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium purple.

Colour values

#AA82E9#AA82E9
HEX#AA82E9
RGBrgb(170, 130, 233)
RGB (0–1)0.6667, 0.5098, 0.9137
RGB percentages66.7%, 51%, 91.4%
HSLhsl(263.3, 70.1%, 71.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(263.3, 44.2%, 91.4%)
CMYK27%, 44.2%, 0%, 8.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,174,633
CSS custom property--colour: #AA82E9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.30395WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness157.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.08:1
Contrast with white2.97:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.08:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#929292
Inverted#557D16

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#6595EDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 26.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#6D95E6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 27.3 from the original
Tritanopia#9E94AAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 46.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.97:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.08:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 7.8Slate blue · ΔE 20Medium slateblue · ΔE 21.7Orchid · ΔE 22.7Violet · ΔE 23.7Medium orchid · ΔE 24.3
Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 7.84, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C1E982
Analogous#828EE9, #DD82E9
Triadic#E9AA82, #82E9AA
Split complementary#E9DD82, #8DE982
Tetradic#E9828E, #C1E982, #82E9DD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E5D9F8
Lighter +10%#C7ADF1
Darker −10%#8D57E1
Darker −20%#6F2BDA
Darker −30%#591FB3
Darker −40%#431887
More saturated +25%#A670FB
Less saturated −25%#AE94D7

Channel breakdown

R170
G130
B233
Red170 (66.7%)
Green130 (51%)
Blue233 (91.4%)
Hue263.3°
Saturation (HSL)70.07%
Lightness71.18%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AA · G 82 · B E9

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