#aa72c3

Color #aa72c3

A moderately saturated light purple.

Closest named color Medium Purple #9370db · ΔE 16.43 Nearest Tailwind class purple-400 #c27aff · ΔE 9.8

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Conversions

HEX

#aa72c3

RGB

rgb(170, 114, 195)

HSL

hsl(281.5, 40.3%, 60.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(281.5, 41.5%, 76.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(12.8%, 41.5%, 0%, 23.5%)

LAB

lab(56.61, 36.48, -33.75)

LCH

lch(56.61, 49.7, 317.23)

OKLCH

oklch(64.1%, 0.1315, 314.85)

HWB

hwb(281.5, 44.7%, 23.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8bc372

Analogous

#8272c3

#aa72c3

#c372b3

Triadic

#aa72c3

#c3aa72

#72c3aa

Split-complementary

#aa72c3

#b3c372

#72c382

Tetradic

#aa72c3

#c3728b

#8bc372

#72c3aa

Square

#aa72c3

#c38272

#8bc372

#72b3c3

Shades

Color #aa72c3 mixed toward black.

#944eb4

#773e91

#592e6c

#3b1f48

#1e0f24

Tints

Color #aa72c3 mixed toward white.

#b88acd

#c6a1d7

#d5b9e1

#e3d0eb

#f1e8f5

Tones

Color #aa72c3 mixed toward gray.

#a779bc

#a580b6

#a286af

#a08da8

#9d94a1

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.56:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.9:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.9:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9595b4 · ΔE 15.6

Deuteranopia

#989cb0 · ΔE 18.5

Tritanopia

#a8a6a3 · ΔE 28

Achromatopsia

#888888 · ΔE 24.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #aa72c3;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#aa72c3]

Related colors

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#aa72c3 (#aa72c3) is rgb(170, 114, 195) in RGB.

No, #aa72c3 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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