#aa53da

Color #aa53da

A moderately saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Medium Orchid #ba55d3 · ΔE 7.78 Nearest Tailwind class purple-500 #ad46ff · ΔE 5.2

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Conversions

HEX

#aa53da

RGB

rgb(170, 83, 218)

HSL

hsl(278.7, 64.6%, 59%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(278.7, 61.9%, 85.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(22%, 61.9%, 0%, 14.5%)

LAB

lab(51.6, 57.6, -54.76)

LCH

lch(51.6, 79.48, 316.45)

OKLCH

oklch(60.8%, 0.2057, 311.49)

HWB

hwb(278.7, 32.5%, 14.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#83da53

Analogous

#6653da

#aa53da

#da53c6

Triadic

#aa53da

#daaa53

#53daaa

Split-complementary

#aa53da

#c6da53

#53da66

Tetradic

#aa53da

#da5383

#83da53

#53daaa

Square

#aa53da

#da6653

#83da53

#53c6da

Shades

Color #aa53da mixed toward black.

#952cce

#7724a5

#591b7c

#3c1253

#1e0929

Tints

Color #aa53da mixed toward white.

#b870e0

#c68ce6

#d5a9ec

#e3c6f3

#f1e2f9

Tones

Color #aa53da mixed toward gray.

#a75ecf

#a469c3

#a075b8

#9d80ad

#9a8ba2

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.23:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.96:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.96:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8d8cc4 · ΔE 18.4

Deuteranopia

#9197be · ΔE 22

Tritanopia

#a7b0ab · ΔE 34.4

Achromatopsia

#7b7b7b · ΔE 28.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #aa53da;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#aa53da]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#aa53da (#aa53da) is rgb(170, 83, 218) in RGB.

No, #aa53da is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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