#aa2c9a

Color #aa2c9a

A moderately saturated medium magenta.

Closest named color Dark Magenta #8b008b · ΔE 11.71 Nearest Tailwind class fuchsia-700 #a800b7 · ΔE 6.3

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Conversions

HEX

#aa2c9a

RGB

rgb(170, 44, 154)

HSL

hsl(307.6, 58.9%, 42%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(307.6, 74.1%, 66.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 74.1%, 9.4%, 33.3%)

LAB

lab(42.28, 61.77, -32.19)

LCH

lch(42.28, 69.65, 332.47)

OKLCH

oklch(52.9%, 0.1996, 333.77)

HWB

hwb(307.6, 17.3%, 33.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#2caa3c

Analogous

#7b2caa

#aa2c9a

#aa2c5b

Triadic

#aa2c9a

#9aaa2c

#2c9aaa

Split-complementary

#aa2c9a

#5baa2c

#2caa7b

Tetradic

#aa2c9a

#aa3c2c

#2caa3c

#2c9aaa

Square

#aa2c9a

#aa7b2c

#2caa3c

#2c5baa

Shades

Color #aa2c9a mixed toward black.

#8e2581

#711d67

#55164d

#390f33

#1c071a

Tints

Color #aa2c9a mixed toward white.

#cc3bba

#d662c8

#e189d6

#ebb1e3

#f5d8f1

Tones

Color #aa2c9a mixed toward gray.

#a03792

#95418b

#8b4c83

#80567b

#766173

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.94:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.54:1

White text reads better on this background (5.94:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#868589 · ΔE 29.3

Deuteranopia

#8c9285 · ΔE 43.7

Tritanopia

#a67a76 · ΔE 28.1

Achromatopsia

#646464 · ΔE 27.3

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #aa2c9a;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#aa2c9a]

Related colors

Orchid #da70d6

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Plum #dda0dd

Purple #800080

Thistle #d8bfd8

Frequently asked questions

#aa2c9a (#aa2c9a) is rgb(170, 44, 154) in RGB.

No, #aa2c9a 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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