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Recognised as Colour

#AA8CFD

  • #AA8CFD
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium purple

#AA8CFD is a violet with RGB values 170, 140, 253 and HSL 256°, 97%, 77%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium purple.

Colour values

#AA8CFD#AA8CFD
HEX#AA8CFD
RGBrgb(170, 140, 253)
RGB (0–1)0.6667, 0.549, 0.9922
RGB percentages66.7%, 54.9%, 99.2%
HSLhsl(255.9, 96.6%, 77.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(255.9, 44.7%, 99.2%)
CMYK32.8%, 44.7%, 0%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,177,213
CSS custom property--colour: #AA8CFD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.34394WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness165.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.88:1
Contrast with white2.67:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.88:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9B9B9B
Inverted#557302

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#67A0FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 26.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#6C9DFAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 25.2 from the original
Tritanopia#97A1B8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 52.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.67:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.88:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 10.6Medium slateblue · ΔE 19.2Slate blue · ΔE 20.6Royal blue · ΔE 23.5Violet · ΔE 26.4Cornflower blue · ΔE 26.6
Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 10.65, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DFFD8C
Analogous#8CA7FD, #E38CFD
Triadic#FDAA8C, #8CFDAA
Split complementary#FDE38C, #A7FD8C
Tetradic#FD8CA7, #DFFD8C, #8CFDE2

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F4F0FF
Lighter +10%#CFBEFE
Darker −10%#855AFC
Darker −20%#6028FB
Darker −30%#4204EC
Darker −40%#3403BA
More saturated +25%#A98AFF
Less saturated −25%#B19BEE

Channel breakdown

R170
G140
B253
Red170 (66.7%)
Green140 (54.9%)
Blue253 (99.2%)
Hue255.93°
Saturation (HSL)96.58%
Lightness77.06%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AA · G 8C · B FD

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