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Recognised as Colour

#AA93B2

  • #AA93B2
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Thistle

#AA93B2 is a violet with RGB values 170, 147, 178 and HSL 285°, 17%, 64%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Thistle.

Colour values

#AA93B2#AA93B2
HEX#AA93B2
RGBrgb(170, 147, 178)
RGB (0–1)0.6667, 0.5765, 0.698
RGB percentages66.7%, 57.6%, 69.8%
HSLhsl(284.5, 16.8%, 63.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(284.5, 17.4%, 69.8%)
CMYK4.5%, 17.4%, 0%, 30.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,178,930
CSS custom property--colour: #AA93B2;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.32628WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness157.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.53:1
Contrast with white2.79:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.53:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9A9A9A
Inverted#556C4D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9099B3no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 12 from the original
Deuteranopia#949BB1no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 12.2 from the original
Tritanopia#AA969Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.79:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.53:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Thistle · ΔE 16.7Light slate grey · ΔE 18.5Rosy brown · ΔE 19.8Slate grey · ΔE 20Dark grey · ΔE 20.1Light steelblue · ΔE 21.5
Nearest named CSS colourThistle (#D8BFD8)ΔE 16.69, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#9BB293
Analogous#9A93B2, #B293AB
Triadic#B2AA93, #93B2AA
Split complementary#ABB293, #93B29B
Tetradic#B29B93, #9BB293, #93ABB2

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F0ECF2
Lighter +20%#D9CFDC
Lighter +10%#C1B1C7
Darker −10%#93759D
Darker −20%#795D82
Darker −30%#5D4864
Darker −40%#413247
More saturated +25%#B57CC9
Less saturated −25%#A3A3A3

Channel breakdown

R170
G147
B178
Red170 (66.7%)
Green147 (57.6%)
Blue178 (69.8%)
Hue284.52°
Saturation (HSL)16.76%
Lightness63.73%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AA · G 93 · B B2

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