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Recognised as Colour

#AA8FEF

  • #AA8FEF
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium purple

#AA8FEF is a violet with RGB values 170, 143, 239 and HSL 257°, 75%, 75%. 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

#AA8FEF#AA8FEF
HEX#AA8FEF
RGBrgb(170, 143, 239)
RGB (0–1)0.6667, 0.5608, 0.9373
RGB percentages66.7%, 56.1%, 93.7%
HSLhsl(256.9, 75%, 74.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(256.9, 40.2%, 93.7%)
CMYK28.9%, 40.2%, 0%, 6.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,177,967
CSS custom property--colour: #AA8FEF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.34423WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness164.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.88:1
Contrast with white2.66:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.88:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9C9C9C
Inverted#557010

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#749FF3no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 21.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#789DEDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 21.4 from the original
Tritanopia#9BA0B4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 43.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.66:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.88:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 13.3Cornflower blue · ΔE 21.8Plum · ΔE 24.3Slate blue · ΔE 24.5Medium slateblue · ΔE 26.7Orchid · ΔE 27.1
Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 13.28, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D4EF8F
Analogous#8FA4EF, #DA8FEF
Triadic#EFAA8F, #8FEFAA
Split complementary#EFDA8F, #A4EF8F
Tetradic#EF8FA4, #D4EF8F, #8FEFDA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#EEE8FC
Lighter +10%#CCBCF5
Darker −10%#8862E9
Darker −20%#6636E2
Darker −30%#4D1DC8
Darker −40%#3C169C
More saturated +25%#A37FFF
Less saturated −25%#B19FDF

Channel breakdown

R170
G143
B239
Red170 (66.7%)
Green143 (56.1%)
Blue239 (93.7%)
Hue256.88°
Saturation (HSL)75%
Lightness74.9%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AA · G 8F · B EF

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