#aa46d8

Color #aa46d8

A moderately saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Dark Orchid #9932cc · ΔE 6.95 Nearest Tailwind class purple-500 #ad46ff · ΔE 5.5

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Conversions

HEX

#aa46d8

RGB

rgb(170, 70, 216)

HSL

hsl(281.1, 65.2%, 56.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(281.1, 67.6%, 84.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(21.3%, 67.6%, 0%, 15.3%)

LAB

lab(49.36, 63.06, -57.23)

LCH

lch(49.36, 85.16, 317.77)

OKLCH

oklch(59.1%, 0.221, 313.13)

HWB

hwb(281.1, 27.5%, 15.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#74d846

Analogous

#6146d8

#aa46d8

#d846bd

Triadic

#aa46d8

#d8aa46

#46d8aa

Split-complementary

#aa46d8

#bdd846

#46d861

Tetradic

#aa46d8

#d84674

#74d846

#46d8aa

Square

#aa46d8

#d86146

#74d846

#46bdd8

Shades

Color #aa46d8 mixed toward black.

#9429c5

#76219e

#591976

#3b114f

#1e0827

Tints

Color #aa46d8 mixed toward white.

#b865df

#c684e5

#d5a3ec

#e3c1f2

#f1e0f9

Tones

Color #aa46d8 mixed toward gray.

#a652cc

#a15ec0

#9d6bb4

#9877a7

#94839b

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.59:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.58:1

White text reads better on this background (4.59:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8a89c1 · ΔE 20.2

Deuteranopia

#8f95bb · ΔE 24

Tritanopia

#a7ada8 · ΔE 36.1

Achromatopsia

#757575 · ΔE 29.2

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #aa46d8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#aa46d8]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Indigo #4b0082

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#aa46d8 (#aa46d8) is rgb(170, 70, 216) in RGB.

No, #aa46d8 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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