#aa44ff

Color #aa44ff

A vivid, highly saturated light purple.

Closest named color Blue Violet #8a2be2 · ΔE 9.82 Nearest Tailwind class purple-500 #ad46ff · ΔE 0.7

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Conversions

HEX

#aa44ff

RGB

rgb(170, 68, 255)

HSL

hsl(272.7, 100%, 63.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(272.7, 73.3%, 100%)

CMYK

cmyk(33.3%, 73.3%, 0%, 0%)

LAB

lab(51.72, 72.15, -75.34)

LCH

lch(51.72, 104.32, 313.76)

OKLCH

oklch(61.6%, 0.2603, 304.5)

HWB

hwb(272.7, 26.7%, 0%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#99ff44

Analogous

#4c44ff

#aa44ff

#ff44f7

Triadic

#aa44ff

#ffaa44

#44ffaa

Split-complementary

#aa44ff

#f7ff44

#44ff4c

Tetradic

#aa44ff

#ff4499

#99ff44

#44ffaa

Square

#aa44ff

#ff4c44

#99ff44

#44f7ff

Shades

Color #aa44ff mixed toward black.

#910eff

#7500d7

#5800a1

#3b006c

#1d0036

Tints

Color #aa44ff mixed toward white.

#b863ff

#c682ff

#d4a1ff

#e3c1ff

#f1e0ff

Tones

Color #aa44ff mixed toward gray.

#a853ef

#a763e0

#a673d0

#a482c1

#a392b1

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.22:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.98:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.98:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8a89e4 · ΔE 17.8

Deuteranopia

#8f95dc · ΔE 21.5

Tritanopia

#a7cac4 · ΔE 38.7

Achromatopsia

#7b7b7b · ΔE 31.2

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #aa44ff;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#aa44ff]

Related colors

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Indigo #4b0082

Rebecca Purple #663399

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Purple #9370db

Frequently asked questions

#aa44ff (#aa44ff) is rgb(170, 68, 255) in RGB.

No, #aa44ff is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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