#aa97bc

Color #aa97bc

A muted light purple.

Closest named color Thistle #d8bfd8 · ΔE 16.61 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 9.7

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Conversions

HEX

#aa97bc

RGB

rgb(170, 151, 188)

HSL

hsl(270.8, 21.6%, 66.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(270.8, 19.7%, 73.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(9.6%, 19.7%, 0%, 26.3%)

LAB

lab(65.21, 14.12, -16.57)

LCH

lch(65.21, 21.77, 310.44)

OKLCH

oklch(70.6%, 0.0571, 308.1)

HWB

hwb(270.8, 59.2%, 26.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a9bc97

Analogous

#9897bc

#aa97bc

#bc97bc

Triadic

#aa97bc

#bcaa97

#97bcaa

Split-complementary

#aa97bc

#bcbc97

#97bc98

Tetradic

#aa97bc

#bc97a9

#a9bc97

#97bcaa

Square

#aa97bc

#bc9897

#a9bc97

#97bcbc

Shades

Color #aa97bc mixed toward black.

#8e75a6

#725989

#554267

#392c45

#1c1622

Tints

Color #aa97bc mixed toward white.

#b8a8c7

#c6bad2

#d5cbde

#e3dce9

#f1eef4

Tones

Color #aa97bc mixed toward gray.

#aa9ab9

#aa9db6

#aaa0b3

#aaa3b0

#aaa6ad

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.67:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.86:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.86:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a2a2b4 · ΔE 9.8

Deuteranopia

#a3a5b2 · ΔE 12.2

Tritanopia

#a9adac · ΔE 18.6

Achromatopsia

#9e9e9e · ΔE 16.6

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #aa97bc;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#aa97bc]

Related colors

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Medium Purple #9370db

Dark Violet #9400d3

Frequently asked questions

#aa97bc (#aa97bc) is rgb(170, 151, 188) in RGB.

No, #aa97bc is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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