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Recognised as Colour

#AA96BE

  • #AA96BE
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Thistle

#AA96BE is a violet with RGB values 170, 150, 190 and HSL 270°, 24%, 67%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Thistle.

Colour values

#AA96BE#AA96BE
HEX#AA96BE
RGBrgb(170, 150, 190)
RGB (0–1)0.6667, 0.5882, 0.7451
RGB percentages66.7%, 58.8%, 74.5%
HSLhsl(270, 23.5%, 66.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(270, 21.1%, 74.5%)
CMYK10.5%, 21.1%, 0%, 25.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,179,710
CSS custom property--colour: #AA96BE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.34076WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness161.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.82:1
Contrast with white2.69:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.82:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9D9D9D
Inverted#556941

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8F9DC0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 12.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#939EBDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 12.2 from the original
Tritanopia#A89BA4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 17.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.69:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.82:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Thistle · ΔE 17.5Plum · ΔE 19.7Light slate grey · ΔE 20.8Light steelblue · ΔE 21.4Slate grey · ΔE 22.4Dark grey · ΔE 23.9
Nearest named CSS colourThistle (#D8BFD8)ΔE 17.51, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#AABE96
Analogous#9696BE, #BE96BE
Triadic#BEAA96, #96BEAA
Split complementary#BEBE96, #96BE96
Tetradic#BE9696, #AABE96, #96BEBE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F7F5F9
Lighter +20%#DDD5E5
Lighter +10%#C4B6D2
Darker −10%#9177AB
Darker −20%#775B93
Darker −30%#5E4874
Darker −40%#443454
More saturated +25%#AA81D3
Less saturated −25%#AAAAAA

Channel breakdown

R170
G150
B190
Red170 (66.7%)
Green150 (58.8%)
Blue190 (74.5%)
Hue270°
Saturation (HSL)23.53%
Lightness66.67%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AA · G 96 · B BE

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