Recognised as Colour

#AA91DF

#AA91DF
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Plum

#AA91DF is a violet with RGB values 170, 145, 223 and HSL 259°, 55%, 72%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

#AA91DF#AA91DF

HEX#AA91DF

RGBrgb(170, 145, 223)

RGB (0–1)0.6667, 0.5686, 0.8745

RGB percentages66.7%, 56.9%, 87.5%

HSLhsl(259.2, 54.9%, 72.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(259.2, 35%, 87.5%)

CMYK23.8%, 35%, 0%, 12.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,178,463

CSS custom property--colour: #AA91DF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.34125WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness163.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.82:1

Contrast with white2.68:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.82:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#9C9C9C

Inverted#556E20

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#7E9EE2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 18.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#829DDDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 18.6 from the original

Tritanopia#A09EAEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 35.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.68:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text7.82:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 18 Medium purple · ΔE 20.6 Cornflower blue · ΔE 20.9 Orchid · ΔE 30.1 Slate blue · ΔE 31.1 Violet · ΔE 31.4

Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 18.04, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#C6DF91

Analogous#919FDF, #D191DF

Triadic#DFAA91, #91DFAA

Split complementary#DFD191, #9FDF91

Tetradic#DF919F, #C6DF91, #91DFD1

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#E7E0F6

Lighter +10%#C9B9EA

Darker −10%#8B69D4

Darker −20%#6D42C8

Darker −30%#5630A7

Darker −40%#42257F

More saturated +25%#A47FF1

Less saturated −25%#B0A3CD

Channel breakdown

R170

G145

B223

Red170 (66.7%)

Green145 (56.9%)

Blue223 (87.5%)

Hue259.23°

Saturation (HSL)54.93%

Lightness72.16%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR AA · G 91 · B DF

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