#aa5a9f

Color #aa5a9f

A muted medium magenta.

Closest named color Orchid #da70d6 · ΔE 21.34 Nearest Tailwind class fuchsia-600 #c800de · ΔE 13.3

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Conversions

HEX

#aa5a9f

RGB

rgb(170, 90, 159)

HSL

hsl(308.3, 32%, 51%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(308.3, 47.1%, 66.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 47.1%, 6.5%, 33.3%)

LAB

lab(49.93, 42.41, -23.25)

LCH

lch(49.93, 48.36, 331.27)

OKLCH

oklch(58.6%, 0.1366, 332.48)

HWB

hwb(308.3, 35.3%, 33.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#5aaa65

Analogous

#8d5aaa

#aa5a9f

#aa5a77

Triadic

#aa5a9f

#9faa5a

#5a9faa

Split-complementary

#aa5a9f

#77aa5a

#5aaa8d

Tetradic

#aa5a9f

#aa655a

#5aaa65

#5a9faa

Square

#aa5a9f

#aa8d5a

#5aaa65

#5a77aa

Shades

Color #aa5a9f mixed toward black.

#8f4a85

#723b6b

#562c50

#391d35

#1d0f1b

Tints

Color #aa5a9f mixed toward white.

#b876af

#c691bf

#d5adcf

#e3c8df

#f1e4ef

Tones

Color #aa5a9f mixed toward gray.

#a3619a

#9d6795

#966e91

#8f758c

#897b87

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.49:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.67:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.67:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8e8e92 · ΔE 24.6

Deuteranopia

#92988f · ΔE 35.7

Tritanopia

#a78784 · ΔE 22.7

Achromatopsia

#777777 · ΔE 24.5

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #aa5a9f;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#aa5a9f]

Related colors

Orchid #da70d6

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Plum #dda0dd

Purple #800080

Thistle #d8bfd8

Frequently asked questions

#aa5a9f (#aa5a9f) is rgb(170, 90, 159) in RGB.

No, #aa5a9f is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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