#aa2af6

Color #aa2af6

A vivid, highly saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Dark Violet #9400d3 · ΔE 10.65 Nearest Tailwind class purple-600 #9810fa · ΔE 4.3

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Conversions

HEX

#aa2af6

RGB

rgb(170, 42, 246)

HSL

hsl(277.6, 91.9%, 56.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(277.6, 82.9%, 96.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(30.9%, 82.9%, 0%, 3.5%)

LAB

lab(48.08, 78.86, -76.26)

LCH

lch(48.08, 109.7, 315.96)

OKLCH

oklch(58.9%, 0.2749, 307.86)

HWB

hwb(277.6, 16.5%, 3.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#76f62a

Analogous

#442af6

#aa2af6

#f62adc

Triadic

#aa2af6

#f6aa2a

#2af6aa

Split-complementary

#aa2af6

#dcf62a

#2af644

Tetradic

#aa2af6

#f62a76

#76f62a

#2af6aa

Square

#aa2af6

#f6442a

#76f62a

#2adcf6

Shades

Color #aa2af6 mixed toward black.

#940ae6

#7608b8

#59068a

#3b045c

#1e022e

Tints

Color #aa2af6 mixed toward white.

#b84ef8

#c671f9

#d495fb

#e3b8fc

#f1dcfe

Tones

Color #aa2af6 mixed toward gray.

#a63be5

#a14cd4

#9d5dc3

#996eb2

#947fa1

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.8:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.37:1

White text reads better on this background (4.8:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8685da · ΔE 20.7

Deuteranopia

#8b92d3 · ΔE 24.7

Tritanopia

#a6c1bb · ΔE 39.6

Achromatopsia

#727272 · ΔE 31.6

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #aa2af6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#aa2af6]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Violet #9400d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#aa2af6 (#aa2af6) is rgb(170, 42, 246) in RGB.

No, #aa2af6 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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