#aa3aea

Color #aa3aea

A vivid, highly saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Blue Violet #8a2be2 · ΔE 9.54 Nearest Tailwind class purple-500 #ad46ff · ΔE 4

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Conversions

HEX

#aa3aea

RGB

rgb(170, 58, 234)

HSL

hsl(278.2, 80.7%, 57.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(278.2, 75.2%, 91.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(27.4%, 75.2%, 0%, 8.2%)

LAB

lab(48.9, 71.46, -68.17)

LCH

lch(48.9, 98.76, 316.35)

OKLCH

oklch(59.2%, 0.2511, 309.62)

HWB

hwb(278.2, 22.7%, 8.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#7aea3a

Analogous

#523aea

#aa3aea

#ea3ad2

Triadic

#aa3aea

#eaaa3a

#3aeaaa

Split-complementary

#aa3aea

#d2ea3a

#3aea52

Tetradic

#aa3aea

#ea3a7a

#7aea3a

#3aeaaa

Square

#aa3aea

#ea523a

#7aea3a

#3ad2ea

Shades

Color #aa3aea mixed toward black.

#9518dc

#7713b0

#590e84

#3b0958

#1e052c

Tints

Color #aa3aea mixed toward white.

#b85bed

#c67cf1

#d59df4

#e3bdf8

#f1defb

Tones

Color #aa3aea mixed toward gray.

#a649db

#a258cd

#9e66be

#9a75af

#9683a1

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.66:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.5:1

White text reads better on this background (4.66:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8887d0 · ΔE 20.2

Deuteranopia

#8d94ca · ΔE 24.3

Tritanopia

#a7b9b3 · ΔE 38

Achromatopsia

#747474 · ΔE 30.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #aa3aea;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#aa3aea]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Violet #9400d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#aa3aea (#aa3aea) is rgb(170, 58, 234) in RGB.

No, #aa3aea is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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