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Colour

#AA94BF

  • #AA94BF
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Plum

#AA94BF is a violet with RGB values 170, 148, 191 and HSL 271°, 25%, 66%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

#AA94BF#AA94BF
HEX#AA94BF
RGBrgb(170, 148, 191)
RGB (0–1)0.6667, 0.5804, 0.749
RGB percentages66.7%, 58%, 74.9%
HSLhsl(270.7, 25.1%, 66.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(270.7, 22.5%, 74.9%)
CMYK11%, 22.5%, 0%, 25.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,179,199
CSS custom property--colour: #AA94BF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.33487WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness160.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.7:1
Contrast with white2.73:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.7:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9C9C9C
Inverted#556B40

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8D9CC1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 13.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#919DBEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 13.4 from the original
Tritanopia#A79AA3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 19.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.73:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.7:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 18.5Thistle · ΔE 18.8Light slate grey · ΔE 22.1Light steelblue · ΔE 22.9Slate grey · ΔE 23.6Dark grey · ΔE 25.7
Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 18.55, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A9BF94
Analogous#9594BF, #BF94BF
Triadic#BFAA94, #94BFAA
Split complementary#BFBF94, #94BF95
Tetradic#BF9594, #A9BF94, #94BEBF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F6F4F8
Lighter +20%#DDD4E5
Lighter +10%#C3B4D2
Darker −10%#9174AC
Darker −20%#775994
Darker −30%#5E4674
Darker −40%#443354
More saturated +25%#AA7FD4
Less saturated −25%#AAA9AA

Channel breakdown

R170
G148
B191
Red170 (66.7%)
Green148 (58%)
Blue191 (74.9%)
Hue270.7°
Saturation (HSL)25.15%
Lightness66.47%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AA · G 94 · B BF

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