#aa5ed6

Color #aa5ed6

A moderately saturated light purple.

Closest named color Medium Orchid #ba55d3 · ΔE 8.08 Nearest Tailwind class purple-500 #ad46ff · ΔE 6.8

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Conversions

HEX

#aa5ed6

RGB

rgb(170, 94, 214)

HSL

hsl(278, 59.4%, 60.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(278, 56.1%, 83.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(20.6%, 56.1%, 0%, 16.1%)

LAB

lab(53.39, 51.3, -49.63)

LCH

lch(53.39, 71.38, 315.95)

OKLCH

oklch(62%, 0.1856, 311.4)

HWB

hwb(278, 36.9%, 16.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8ad65e

Analogous

#6e5ed6

#aa5ed6

#d65ec6

Triadic

#aa5ed6

#d6aa5e

#5ed6aa

Split-complementary

#aa5ed6

#c6d65e

#5ed66e

Tetradic

#aa5ed6

#d65e8a

#8ad65e

#5ed6aa

Square

#aa5ed6

#d66e5e

#8ad65e

#5ec6d6

Shades

Color #aa5ed6 mixed toward black.

#9435cc

#772aa4

#591f7b

#3b1552

#1e0a29

Tints

Color #aa5ed6 mixed toward white.

#b879dd

#c694e4

#d5afeb

#e3c9f1

#f1e4f8

Tones

Color #aa5ed6 mixed toward gray.

#a768cc

#a572c2

#a27cb8

#9f86ae

#9d90a4

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.98:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.28:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.28:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8f8fc2 · ΔE 17.2

Deuteranopia

#9398bc · ΔE 20.2

Tritanopia

#a7afab · ΔE 32

Achromatopsia

#808080 · ΔE 27.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #aa5ed6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#aa5ed6]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Violet #9400d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#aa5ed6 (#aa5ed6) is rgb(170, 94, 214) in RGB.

No, #aa5ed6 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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