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Recognised as Colour

#AAA0B4

  • #AAA0B4
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark grey

#AAA0B4 is a violet with RGB values 170, 160, 180 and HSL 270°, 12%, 67%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark grey.

Colour values

#AAA0B4#AAA0B4
HEX#AAA0B4
RGBrgb(170, 160, 180)
RGB (0–1)0.6667, 0.6275, 0.7059
RGB percentages66.7%, 62.7%, 70.6%
HSLhsl(270, 11.8%, 66.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(270, 11.1%, 70.6%)
CMYK5.6%, 11.1%, 0%, 29.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,182,260
CSS custom property--colour: #AAA0B4;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.36983WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness165.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.4:1
Contrast with white2.5:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.4:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A4A4A4
Inverted#555F4B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9DA3B5no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6 from the original
Deuteranopia#9FA4B3no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.2 from the original
Tritanopia#A9A2A6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.5:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.4:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark grey · ΔE 11.9Thistle · ΔE 14.1Light slate grey · ΔE 15.1Light steelblue · ΔE 15.5Silver · ΔE 15.7Slate grey · ΔE 17.4
Nearest named CSS colourDark grey (#A9A9A9)ΔE 11.86, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#AAB4A0
Analogous#A0A0B4, #B4A0B4
Triadic#B4AAA0, #A0B4AA
Split complementary#B4B4A0, #A0B4A0
Tetradic#B4A0A0, #AAB4A0, #A0B4B4

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F7F6F8
Lighter +20%#DDD9E1
Lighter +10%#C4BDCB
Darker −10%#91849E
Darker −20%#776985
Darker −30%#5E5269
Darker −40%#443C4C
More saturated +25%#AA8BC9
Less saturated −25%#AAAAAA

Channel breakdown

R170
G160
B180
Red170 (66.7%)
Green160 (62.7%)
Blue180 (70.6%)
Hue270°
Saturation (HSL)11.76%
Lightness66.67%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AA · G A0 · B B4

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