#aa56eb

Color #aa56eb

A vivid, highly saturated light purple.

Closest named color Dark Orchid #9932cc · ΔE 11.25 Nearest Tailwind class purple-500 #ad46ff · ΔE 3.4

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Conversions

HEX

#aa56eb

RGB

rgb(170, 86, 235)

HSL

hsl(273.8, 78.8%, 62.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(273.8, 63.4%, 92.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(27.7%, 63.4%, 0%, 7.8%)

LAB

lab(53.17, 59.89, -61.84)

LCH

lch(53.17, 86.09, 314.08)

OKLCH

oklch(62.2%, 0.2192, 307.08)

HWB

hwb(273.8, 33.7%, 7.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#97eb56

Analogous

#5f56eb

#aa56eb

#eb56e2

Triadic

#aa56eb

#ebaa56

#56ebaa

Split-complementary

#aa56eb

#e2eb56

#56eb5f

Tetradic

#aa56eb

#eb5697

#97eb56

#56ebaa

Square

#aa56eb

#eb5f56

#97eb56

#56e2eb

Shades

Color #aa56eb mixed toward black.

#9226e5

#7617bf

#58118f

#3b0b60

#1d0630

Tints

Color #aa56eb mixed toward white.

#b872ee

#c68ef2

#d4aaf5

#e3c7f8

#f1e3fc

Tones

Color #aa56eb mixed toward gray.

#a862df

#a76fd2

#a57bc6

#a488b9

#a294ad

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.01:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.24:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.24:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8d8dd3 · ΔE 17.1

Deuteranopia

#9297cd · ΔE 20.1

Tritanopia

#a7bdb8 · ΔE 34.5

Achromatopsia

#7f7f7f · ΔE 29.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #aa56eb;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#aa56eb]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Purple #9370db

Frequently asked questions

#aa56eb (#aa56eb) is rgb(170, 86, 235) in RGB.

No, #aa56eb is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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