Colour

#AA85CC

#AA85CC
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Plum

#AA85CC is a violet with RGB values 170, 133, 204 and HSL 271°, 41%, 66%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

#AA85CC#AA85CC

HEX#AA85CC

RGBrgb(170, 133, 204)

RGB (0–1)0.6667, 0.5216, 0.8

RGB percentages66.7%, 52.2%, 80%

HSLhsl(271.3, 41%, 66.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(271.3, 34.8%, 80%)

CMYK16.7%, 34.8%, 0%, 20%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,175,372

CSS custom property--colour: #AA85CC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.29681WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness154.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.94:1

Contrast with white3.03:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.94:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#929292

Inverted#557A33

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#7793CFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 22.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#7F95CAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 22.5 from the original

Tritanopia#A58F9Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 30.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.03:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.94:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 16 Medium purple · ΔE 21.7 Cornflower blue · ΔE 25.7 Orchid · ΔE 27.7 Violet · ΔE 30.3 Slate blue · ΔE 31.9

Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 15.99, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#A7CC85

Analogous#8685CC, #CC85CB

Triadic#CCAA85, #85CCAA

Split complementary#CBCC85, #85CC87

Tetradic#CC8785, #A7CC85, #85CBCC

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#F5F1F9

Lighter +20%#DCCDEA

Lighter +10%#C3A9DB

Darker −10%#9161BD

Darker −20%#7845A6

Darker −30%#5E3682

Darker −40%#44275E

More saturated +25%#AB6FE2

Less saturated −25%#A99BB6

Channel breakdown

R170

G133

B204

Red170 (66.7%)

Green133 (52.2%)

Blue204 (80%)

Hue271.27°

Saturation (HSL)41.04%

Lightness66.08%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR AA · G 85 · B CC

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