#aa85e9

Color #aa85e9

A moderately saturated light purple.

Closest named color Medium Purple #9370db · ΔE 9.22 Nearest Tailwind class violet-400 #a684ff · ΔE 3.9

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Conversions

HEX

#aa85e9

RGB

rgb(170, 133, 233)

HSL

hsl(262.2, 69.4%, 71.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(262.2, 42.9%, 91.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(27%, 42.9%, 0%, 8.6%)

LAB

lab(62.68, 34.52, -45.57)

LCH

lch(62.68, 57.17, 307.14)

OKLCH

oklch(69.2%, 0.1467, 299.62)

HWB

hwb(262.2, 52.2%, 8.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c4e985

Analogous

#8592e9

#aa85e9

#dc85e9

Triadic

#aa85e9

#e9aa85

#85e9aa

Split-complementary

#aa85e9

#e9dc85

#92e985

Tetradic

#aa85e9

#e985c4

#c4e985

#85e9aa

Square

#aa85e9

#e98592

#c4e985

#85e9dc

Shades

Color #aa85e9 mixed toward black.

#8651e0

#6425cf

#4b1c9b

#321367

#190934

Tints

Color #aa85e9 mixed toward white.

#b899ed

#c6aef0

#d5c2f4

#e3d6f8

#f1ebfb

Tones

Color #aa85e9 mixed toward gray.

#ac8ee1

#ae96d8

#b19ed0

#b3a6c8

#b5afbf

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.9:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.24:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.24:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9b9bd6 · ΔE 9.4

Deuteranopia

#9da0d1 · ΔE 11.3

Tritanopia

#a8c6c2 · ΔE 29.1

Achromatopsia

#989898 · ΔE 25.3

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #aa85e9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#aa85e9]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Frequently asked questions

#aa85e9 (#aa85e9) is rgb(170, 133, 233) in RGB.

No, #aa85e9 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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