#aa8fb4

Color #aa8fb4

A muted light purple.

Closest named color Thistle #d8bfd8 · ΔE 18.67 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 10.9

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Conversions

HEX

#aa8fb4

RGB

rgb(170, 143, 180)

HSL

hsl(283.8, 19.8%, 63.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(283.8, 20.6%, 70.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(5.6%, 20.6%, 0%, 29.4%)

LAB

lab(62.92, 16.98, -15.54)

LCH

lch(62.92, 23.02, 317.54)

OKLCH

oklch(68.7%, 0.0614, 316.85)

HWB

hwb(283.8, 56.1%, 29.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#99b48f

Analogous

#978fb4

#aa8fb4

#b48fab

Triadic

#aa8fb4

#b4aa8f

#8fb4aa

Split-complementary

#aa8fb4

#abb48f

#8fb497

Tetradic

#aa8fb4

#b48f99

#99b48f

#8fb4aa

Square

#aa8fb4

#b4978f

#99b48f

#8fabb4

Shades

Color #aa8fb4 mixed toward black.

#916f9e

#755681

#584161

#3b2b40

#1d1620

Tints

Color #aa8fb4 mixed toward white.

#b8a2c0

#c6b4cd

#d4c7d9

#e3dae6

#f1ecf2

Tones

Color #aa8fb4 mixed toward gray.

#a992b1

#a795ae

#a698ab

#a49ba8

#a39ea5

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.88:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.3:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.3:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9f9fac · ΔE 13.1

Deuteranopia

#a1a3aa · ΔE 16

Tritanopia

#a9a5a4 · ΔE 17.6

Achromatopsia

#989898 · ΔE 17.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #aa8fb4;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#aa8fb4]

Related colors

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#aa8fb4 (#aa8fb4) is rgb(170, 143, 180) in RGB.

No, #aa8fb4 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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