#aa88c9

Color #aa88c9

A muted light purple.

Closest named color Plum #dda0dd · ΔE 15.07 Nearest Tailwind class violet-400 #a684ff · ΔE 10.5

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Conversions

HEX

#aa88c9

RGB

rgb(170, 136, 201)

HSL

hsl(271.4, 37.6%, 66.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(271.4, 32.3%, 78.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(15.4%, 32.3%, 0%, 21.2%)

LAB

lab(61.97, 25.41, -28.81)

LCH

lch(61.97, 38.41, 311.41)

OKLCH

oklch(68.2%, 0.1003, 307.87)

HWB

hwb(271.4, 53.3%, 21.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a7c988

Analogous

#8a88c9

#aa88c9

#c988c8

Triadic

#aa88c9

#c9aa88

#88c9aa

Split-complementary

#aa88c9

#c8c988

#88c98a

Tetradic

#aa88c9

#c988a7

#a7c988

#88c9aa

Square

#aa88c9

#c98a88

#a7c988

#88c8c9

Shades

Color #aa88c9 mixed toward black.

#8e61b8

#72469b

#563574

#39234d

#1d1227

Tints

Color #aa88c9 mixed toward white.

#b89cd2

#c6b0db

#d5c4e4

#e3d7ed

#f1ebf6

Tones

Color #aa88c9 mixed toward gray.

#aa8dc4

#aa93be

#a998b9

#a99eb3

#a9a3ae

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.97:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.07:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.07:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9c9cbc · ΔE 11

Deuteranopia

#9ea1b9 · ΔE 13.7

Tritanopia

#a9b1ae · ΔE 24.5

Achromatopsia

#969696 · ΔE 22.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #aa88c9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#aa88c9]

Related colors

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Purple #9370db

Frequently asked questions

#aa88c9 (#aa88c9) is rgb(170, 136, 201) in RGB.

No, #aa88c9 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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