#aa37d2

Color #aa37d2

A moderately saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Dark Orchid #9932cc · ΔE 4.96 Nearest Tailwind class fuchsia-600 #c800de · ΔE 4.7

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Conversions

HEX

#aa37d2

RGB

rgb(170, 55, 210)

HSL

hsl(284.5, 63.3%, 52%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(284.5, 73.8%, 82.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(19%, 73.8%, 0%, 17.6%)

LAB

lab(46.89, 67.76, -57.77)

LCH

lch(46.89, 89.04, 319.55)

OKLCH

oklch(57.2%, 0.2329, 315.64)

HWB

hwb(284.5, 21.6%, 17.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#5fd237

Analogous

#5d37d2

#aa37d2

#d237ad

Triadic

#aa37d2

#d2aa37

#37d2aa

Split-complementary

#aa37d2

#add237

#37d25d

Tetradic

#aa37d2

#d2375f

#5fd237

#37d2aa

Square

#aa37d2

#d25d37

#5fd237

#37add2

Shades

Color #aa37d2 mixed toward black.

#9029b4

#732090

#57186c

#3a1048

#1d0824

Tints

Color #aa37d2 mixed toward white.

#b858da

#c67ae1

#d59be9

#e3bcf0

#f1def8

Tones

Color #aa37d2 mixed toward gray.

#a444c5

#9e51b8

#975eab

#916b9e

#8b7892

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.02:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.19:1

White text reads better on this background (5.02:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8887bb · ΔE 22.4

Deuteranopia

#8d93b5 · ΔE 26.3

Tritanopia

#a6a6a1 · ΔE 39.5

Achromatopsia

#6f6f6f · ΔE 29.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #aa37d2;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#aa37d2]

Related colors

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#aa37d2 (#aa37d2) is rgb(170, 55, 210) in RGB.

No, #aa37d2 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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