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Recognised as Colour

#AA96D0

  • #AA96D0
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Plum

#AA96D0 is a violet with RGB values 170, 150, 208 and HSL 261°, 38%, 70%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

#AA96D0#AA96D0
HEX#AA96D0
RGBrgb(170, 150, 208)
RGB (0–1)0.6667, 0.5882, 0.8157
RGB percentages66.7%, 58.8%, 81.6%
HSLhsl(260.7, 38.2%, 70.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(260.7, 27.9%, 81.6%)
CMYK18.3%, 27.9%, 0%, 18.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,179,728
CSS custom property--colour: #AA96D0;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.34913WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness163.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.98:1
Contrast with white2.63:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.98:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9E9E9E
Inverted#55692F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8A9FD2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 14.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#8D9FCEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 14.4 from the original
Tritanopia#A39FAAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 26.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.63:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.98:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 16.3Thistle · ΔE 23.6Cornflower blue · ΔE 24.6Light steelblue · ΔE 26.8Steel blue · ΔE 27.1Light slate grey · ΔE 28.3
Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 16.32, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BCD096
Analogous#969FD0, #C796D0
Triadic#D0AA96, #96D0AA
Split complementary#D0C796, #9FD096
Tetradic#D0969F, #BCD096, #96D0C7

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E3DCF0
Lighter +10%#C7B9E0
Darker −10%#8D73C0
Darker −20%#7150B0
Darker −30%#5A3F8E
Darker −40%#44306A
More saturated +25%#A483E3
Less saturated −25%#B0A9BD

Channel breakdown

R170
G150
B208
Red170 (66.7%)
Green150 (58.8%)
Blue208 (81.6%)
Hue260.69°
Saturation (HSL)38.16%
Lightness70.2%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AA · G 96 · B D0

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