#aa55ff

Color #aa55ff

A vivid, highly saturated light purple.

Closest named color Blue Violet #8a2be2 · ΔE 13.57 Nearest Tailwind class purple-500 #ad46ff · ΔE 2.6

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Conversions

HEX

#aa55ff

RGB

rgb(170, 85, 255)

HSL

hsl(270, 100%, 66.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(270, 66.7%, 100%)

CMYK

cmyk(33.3%, 66.7%, 0%, 0%)

LAB

lab(54.3, 64.89, -71.15)

LCH

lch(54.3, 96.3, 312.37)

OKLCH

oklch(63.5%, 0.2412, 303)

HWB

hwb(270, 33.3%, 0%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#aaff55

Analogous

#5555ff

#aa55ff

#ff55ff

Triadic

#aa55ff

#ffaa55

#55ffaa

Split-complementary

#aa55ff

#ffff55

#55ff55

Tetradic

#aa55ff

#ff55aa

#aaff55

#55ffaa

Square

#aa55ff

#ff5555

#aaff55

#55ffff

Shades

Color #aa55ff mixed toward black.

#8e1cff

#7100e3

#5500aa

#390071

#1c0039

Tints

Color #aa55ff mixed toward white.

#b871ff

#c68eff

#d5aaff

#e3c6ff

#f1e3ff

Tones

Color #aa55ff mixed toward gray.

#aa63f1

#aa71e3

#aa80d5

#aa8ec6

#aa9cb8

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.85:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.45:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.45:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8d8de5 · ΔE 16.1

Deuteranopia

#9297de · ΔE 19

Tritanopia

#a7ccc7 · ΔE 36.8

Achromatopsia

#828282 · ΔE 30.4

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #aa55ff;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#aa55ff]

Related colors

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Medium Purple #9370db

Dark Violet #9400d3

Frequently asked questions

#aa55ff (#aa55ff) is rgb(170, 85, 255) in RGB.

No, #aa55ff is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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