#aa46db

Color #aa46db

A moderately saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Dark Orchid #9932cc · ΔE 6.51 Nearest Tailwind class purple-500 #ad46ff · ΔE 5

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Conversions

HEX

#aa46db

RGB

rgb(170, 70, 219)

HSL

hsl(280.3, 67.4%, 56.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(280.3, 68%, 85.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(22.4%, 68%, 0%, 14.1%)

LAB

lab(49.55, 63.67, -58.63)

LCH

lch(49.55, 86.55, 317.36)

OKLCH

oklch(59.3%, 0.2238, 312.36)

HWB

hwb(280.3, 27.5%, 14.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#77db46

Analogous

#6046db

#aa46db

#db46c1

Triadic

#aa46db

#dbaa46

#46dbaa

Split-complementary

#aa46db

#c1db46

#46db60

Tetradic

#aa46db

#db4677

#77db46

#46dbaa

Square

#aa46db

#db6046

#77db46

#46c1db

Shades

Color #aa46db mixed toward black.

#9427ca

#771fa1

#591879

#3b1051

#1e0828

Tints

Color #aa46db mixed toward white.

#b865e1

#c684e7

#d5a3ed

#e3c1f3

#f1e0f9

Tones

Color #aa46db mixed toward gray.

#a653cf

#a25fc2

#9d6bb6

#9978a9

#95849d

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.56:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.61:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.61:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8a89c4 · ΔE 20

Deuteranopia

#8f95be · ΔE 23.8

Tritanopia

#a7afaa · ΔE 36.1

Achromatopsia

#767676 · ΔE 29.4

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #aa46db;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#aa46db]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Indigo #4b0082

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#aa46db (#aa46db) is rgb(170, 70, 219) in RGB.

No, #aa46db is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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