#aa44ef

Color #aa44ef

A vivid, highly saturated light purple.

Closest named color Blue Violet #8a2be2 · ΔE 10.68 Nearest Tailwind class purple-500 #ad46ff · ΔE 2.3

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Conversions

HEX

#aa44ef

RGB

rgb(170, 68, 239)

HSL

hsl(275.8, 84.2%, 60.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(275.8, 71.5%, 93.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(28.9%, 71.5%, 0%, 6.3%)

LAB

lab(50.59, 68.7, -68.26)

LCH

lch(50.59, 96.85, 315.18)

OKLCH

oklch(60.5%, 0.2452, 307.81)

HWB

hwb(275.8, 26.7%, 6.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#89ef44

Analogous

#5544ef

#aa44ef

#ef44de

Triadic

#aa44ef

#efaa44

#44efaa

Split-complementary

#aa44ef

#deef44

#44ef55

Tetradic

#aa44ef

#ef4489

#89ef44

#44efaa

Square

#aa44ef

#ef5544

#89ef44

#44deef

Shades

Color #aa44ef mixed toward black.

#9515eb

#7710bd

#590c8d

#3b085e

#1e042f

Tints

Color #aa44ef mixed toward white.

#b863f2

#c682f4

#d5a2f7

#e3c1fa

#f1e0fc

Tones

Color #aa44ef mixed toward gray.

#a752e1

#a561d2

#a26fc4

#9f7db6

#9c8ba8

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.39:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.78:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.78:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8a89d5 · ΔE 18.9

Deuteranopia

#8f95cf · ΔE 22.6

Tritanopia

#a7beb8 · ΔE 37.3

Achromatopsia

#787878 · ΔE 30.5

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #aa44ef;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#aa44ef]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#aa44ef (#aa44ef) is rgb(170, 68, 239) in RGB.

No, #aa44ef is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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