#aa00eb

Color #aa00eb

A vivid, highly saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Dark Violet #9400d3 · ΔE 10.03 Nearest Tailwind class purple-600 #9810fa · ΔE 3.4

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Conversions

HEX

#aa00eb

RGB

rgb(170, 0, 235)

HSL

hsl(283.4, 100%, 46.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(283.4, 100%, 92.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(27.7%, 100%, 0%, 7.8%)

LAB

lab(45, 83.32, -75.08)

LCH

lch(45, 112.16, 317.98)

OKLCH

oklch(56.5%, 0.2838, 311.24)

HWB

hwb(283.4, 0%, 7.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#41eb00

Analogous

#3500eb

#aa00eb

#eb00b7

Triadic

#aa00eb

#ebaa00

#00ebaa

Split-complementary

#aa00eb

#b7eb00

#00eb35

Tetradic

#aa00eb

#eb0041

#41eb00

#00ebaa

Square

#aa00eb

#eb3500

#41eb00

#00b7eb

Shades

Color #aa00eb mixed toward black.

#8e00c4

#71009d

#550076

#39004e

#1c0027

Tints

Color #aa00eb mixed toward white.

#c01aff

#cc48ff

#d976ff

#e6a3ff

#f2d1ff

Tones

Color #aa00eb mixed toward gray.

#a114d8

#9927c4

#903bb0

#874e9d

#7e6289

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.37:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.91:1

White text reads better on this background (5.37:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8382d0 · ΔE 23.2

Deuteranopia

#8991c9 · ΔE 27.9

Tritanopia

#a6b7b0 · ΔE 41.5

Achromatopsia

#6a6a6a · ΔE 31.8

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #aa00eb;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#aa00eb]

Related colors

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#aa00eb (#aa00eb) is rgb(170, 0, 235) in RGB.

No, #aa00eb is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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