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Recognised as Colour

#AA8DEE

  • #AA8DEE
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium purple

#AA8DEE is a violet with RGB values 170, 141, 238 and HSL 258°, 74%, 74%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium purple.

Colour values

#AA8DEE#AA8DEE
HEX#AA8DEE
RGBrgb(170, 141, 238)
RGB (0–1)0.6667, 0.5529, 0.9333
RGB percentages66.7%, 55.3%, 93.3%
HSLhsl(257.9, 74%, 74.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(257.9, 40.8%, 93.3%)
CMYK28.6%, 40.8%, 0%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,177,454
CSS custom property--colour: #AA8DEE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.33769WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness163.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.75:1
Contrast with white2.71:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.75:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9A9A9A
Inverted#557211

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#719EF2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 23 from the original
Deuteranopia#769CECno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 22.5 from the original
Tritanopia#9C9EB2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 44.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.71:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.75:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 12.4Cornflower blue · ΔE 22.5Slate blue · ΔE 23.7Plum · ΔE 24.6Medium slateblue · ΔE 25.9Orchid · ΔE 26.4
Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 12.36, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D1EE8D
Analogous#8DA1EE, #DB8DEE
Triadic#EEAA8D, #8DEEAA
Split complementary#EEDA8D, #A1EE8D
Tetradic#EE8DA1, #D1EE8D, #8DEEDB

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#ECE6FB
Lighter +10%#CBB9F5
Darker −10%#8961E7
Darker −20%#6834E1
Darker −30%#4F1DC5
Darker −40%#3D1798
More saturated +25%#A37DFE
Less saturated −25%#B19DDE

Channel breakdown

R170
G141
B238
Red170 (66.7%)
Green141 (55.3%)
Blue238 (93.3%)
Hue257.94°
Saturation (HSL)74.05%
Lightness74.31%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AA · G 8D · B EE

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