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Recognised as Colour

#AA85B4

  • #AA85B4
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Plum

#AA85B4 is a violet with RGB values 170, 133, 180 and HSL 287°, 24%, 61%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

#AA85B4#AA85B4
HEX#AA85B4
RGBrgb(170, 133, 180)
RGB (0–1)0.6667, 0.5216, 0.7059
RGB percentages66.7%, 52.2%, 70.6%
HSLhsl(287.2, 23.9%, 61.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(287.2, 26.1%, 70.6%)
CMYK5.6%, 26.1%, 0%, 29.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,175,348
CSS custom property--colour: #AA85B4;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.28616WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness150.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.72:1
Contrast with white3.12:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.72:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#909090
Inverted#557A4B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#808FB6no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 19.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#8893B2no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 19.8 from the original
Tritanopia#AB8A96no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 19.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.12:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.72:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 16.5Thistle · ΔE 24Light slate grey · ΔE 26.6Rosy brown · ΔE 26.7Slate grey · ΔE 27.4Pale violetred · ΔE 30.2
Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 16.5, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#8FB485
Analogous#9385B4, #B485A7
Triadic#B4AA85, #85B4AA
Split complementary#A7B485, #85B492
Tetradic#B49385, #8FB485, #85A7B4

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#ECE4EE
Lighter +20%#D6C4DB
Lighter +10%#C0A5C7
Darker −10%#9465A1
Darker −20%#785083
Darker −30%#5B3D63
Darker −40%#3E2944
More saturated +25%#B86CCD
Less saturated −25%#9D9D9D

Channel breakdown

R170
G133
B180
Red170 (66.7%)
Green133 (52.2%)
Blue180 (70.6%)
Hue287.23°
Saturation (HSL)23.86%
Lightness61.37%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AA · G 85 · B B4

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