#aa74ff

Color #aa74ff

A vivid, highly saturated light purple.

Closest named color Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee · ΔE 11.99 Nearest Tailwind class violet-400 #a684ff · ΔE 4.2

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Conversions

HEX

#aa74ff

RGB

rgb(170, 116, 255)

HSL

hsl(263.3, 100%, 72.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(263.3, 54.5%, 100%)

CMYK

cmyk(33.3%, 54.5%, 0%, 0%)

LAB

lab(60.12, 49.28, -61.79)

LCH

lch(60.12, 79.03, 308.57)

OKLCH

oklch(67.7%, 0.1998, 298.89)

HWB

hwb(263.3, 45.5%, 0%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c9ff74

Analogous

#7483ff

#aa74ff

#ef74ff

Triadic

#aa74ff

#ffaa74

#74ffaa

Split-complementary

#aa74ff

#ffef74

#83ff74

Tetradic

#aa74ff

#ff74c9

#c9ff74

#74ffaa

Square

#aa74ff

#ff7483

#c9ff74

#74ffef

Shades

Color #aa74ff mixed toward black.

#8436ff

#6000f7

#4800b9

#30007c

#18003e

Tints

Color #aa74ff mixed toward white.

#b88bff

#c6a2ff

#d4b9ff

#e3d1ff

#f1e8ff

Tones

Color #aa74ff mixed toward gray.

#ac7ff3

#af8be8

#b297dc

#b4a2d1

#b7aec5

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.16:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.65:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.65:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9695e7 · ΔE 11.4

Deuteranopia

#999ce1 · ΔE 13.6

Tritanopia

#a8d2cd · ΔE 34.4

Achromatopsia

#919191 · ΔE 28.5

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #aa74ff;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#aa74ff]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Frequently asked questions

#aa74ff (#aa74ff) is rgb(170, 116, 255) in RGB.

No, #aa74ff is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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