#aa44aa

Color #aa44aa

A moderately saturated medium magenta.

Closest named color Medium Orchid #ba55d3 · ΔE 14.71 Nearest Tailwind class fuchsia-700 #a800b7 · ΔE 7.8

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Conversions

HEX

#aa44aa

RGB

rgb(170, 68, 170)

HSL

hsl(300, 42.9%, 46.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(300, 60%, 66.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 60%, 0%, 33.3%)

LAB

lab(46.42, 55.09, -35.21)

LCH

lch(46.42, 65.38, 327.42)

OKLCH

oklch(56.1%, 0.1815, 327.67)

HWB

hwb(300, 26.7%, 33.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#44aa44

Analogous

#7744aa

#aa44aa

#aa4477

Triadic

#aa44aa

#aaaa44

#44aaaa

Split-complementary

#aa44aa

#77aa44

#44aa77

Tetradic

#aa44aa

#aa4444

#44aa44

#44aaaa

Square

#aa44aa

#aa7744

#44aa44

#4477aa

Shades

Color #aa44aa mixed toward black.

#8e398e

#712d71

#552255

#391739

#1c0b1c

Tints

Color #aa44aa mixed toward white.

#be5dbe

#cb7ecb

#d89ed8

#e5bee5

#f2dff2

Tones

Color #aa44aa mixed toward gray.

#a24da2

#995599

#915e91

#886688

#806f80

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.1:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.12:1

White text reads better on this background (5.1:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8a8999 · ΔE 24.9

Deuteranopia

#8f9595 · ΔE 22.9

Tritanopia

#a78a86 · ΔE 28.9

Achromatopsia

#6e6e6e · ΔE 26.7

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #aa44aa;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#aa44aa]

Related colors

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Plum #dda0dd

Purple #800080

Thistle #d8bfd8

Violet #ee82ee

Frequently asked questions

#aa44aa (#aa44aa) is rgb(170, 68, 170) in RGB.

No, #aa44aa is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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