#aa00cd

Color #aa00cd

A vivid, highly saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Dark Violet #9400d3 · ΔE 9.42 Nearest Tailwind class fuchsia-700 #a800b7 · ΔE 3.3

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Conversions

HEX

#aa00cd

RGB

rgb(170, 0, 205)

HSL

hsl(289.8, 100%, 40.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(289.8, 100%, 80.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(17.1%, 100%, 0%, 19.6%)

LAB

lab(42.7, 78.08, -61.66)

LCH

lch(42.7, 99.49, 321.7)

OKLCH

oklch(54.2%, 0.2622, 318.42)

HWB

hwb(289.8, 0%, 19.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#23cd00

Analogous

#4400cd

#aa00cd

#cd0089

Triadic

#aa00cd

#cdaa00

#00cdaa

Split-complementary

#aa00cd

#89cd00

#00cd44

Tetradic

#aa00cd

#cd0023

#23cd00

#00cdaa

Square

#aa00cd

#cd4400

#23cd00

#0089cd

Shades

Color #aa00cd mixed toward black.

#8e00ab

#710089

#550067

#390044

#1c0022

Tints

Color #aa00cd mixed toward white.

#d401ff

#dc34ff

#e567ff

#ee99ff

#f6ccff

Tones

Color #aa00cd mixed toward gray.

#9f11bc

#9422ab

#88339a

#7d4489

#725578

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.85:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.59:1

White text reads better on this background (5.85:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8382b5 · ΔE 25.6

Deuteranopia

#8991af · ΔE 30.4

Tritanopia

#a69f99 · ΔE 40.7

Achromatopsia

#656565 · ΔE 30.7

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #aa00cd;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#aa00cd]

Related colors

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Plum #dda0dd

Frequently asked questions

#aa00cd (#aa00cd) is rgb(170, 0, 205) in RGB.

No, #aa00cd is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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