Colour

#AC00DD

#AC00DD
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Dark violet

#AC00DD is a violet with RGB values 172, 0, 221 and HSL 287°, 100%, 43%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark violet.

Colour values

#AC00DD#AC00DD

HEX#AC00DD

RGBrgb(172, 0, 221)

RGB (0–1)0.6745, 0, 0.8667

RGB percentages67.5%, 0%, 86.7%

HSLhsl(286.7, 100%, 43.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(286.7, 100%, 86.7%)

CMYK22.2%, 100%, 0%, 13.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,272,413

CSS custom property--colour: #AC00DD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.13991WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness120.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.53:1

Contrast with white5.53:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.8:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#353535

Inverted#53FF22

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0061E2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 53.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#006CD9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 64.8 from the original

Tritanopia#A74D82no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 67.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text5.53:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.8:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark violet · ΔE 6.9 Blue violet · ΔE 13.1 Dark orchid · ΔE 18 Fuchsia · ΔE 24.7 Magenta · ΔE 24.7 Medium orchid · ΔE 31.8

Nearest named CSS colourDark violet (#9400D3)ΔE 6.95, clearly different but related

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#31DD00

Analogous#3D00DD, #DD00A0

Triadic#DDAC00, #00DDAC

Split complementary#9FDD00, #00DD3D

Tetradic#DD3E00, #31DD00, #00A0DD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#ECAAFF

Lighter +30%#E177FF

Lighter +20%#D644FF

Lighter +10%#CA11FF

Darker −10%#8400AA

Darker −20%#5D0077

Darker −30%#350044

Darker −40%#0D0011

More saturated +25%#AC00DD

Less saturated −25%#9D1CC1

Channel breakdown

R172

B221

Red172 (67.5%)

Green0 (0%)

Blue221 (86.7%)

Hue286.7°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness43.33%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR AC · G 00 · B DD

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