#aa5bde

Color #aa5bde

A moderately saturated light purple.

Closest named color Medium Orchid #ba55d3 · ΔE 8.27 Nearest Tailwind class purple-500 #ad46ff · ΔE 5.4

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Conversions

HEX

#aa5bde

RGB

rgb(170, 91, 222)

HSL

hsl(276.2, 66.5%, 61.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(276.2, 59%, 87.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(23.4%, 59%, 0%, 12.9%)

LAB

lab(53.28, 54.57, -54.34)

LCH

lch(53.28, 77.01, 315.12)

OKLCH

oklch(62.1%, 0.1987, 309.63)

HWB

hwb(276.2, 35.7%, 12.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8fde5b

Analogous

#695bde

#aa5bde

#de5bd0

Triadic

#aa5bde

#deaa5b

#5bdeaa

Split-complementary

#aa5bde

#d0de5b

#5bde69

Tetradic

#aa5bde

#de5b8f

#8fde5b

#5bdeaa

Square

#aa5bde

#de695b

#8fde5b

#5bd0de

Shades

Color #aa5bde mixed toward black.

#9430d5

#7723ae

#591a82

#3b1157

#1e092b

Tints

Color #aa5bde mixed toward white.

#b876e4

#c692e9

#d5adef

#e3c8f4

#f1e4fa

Tones

Color #aa5bde mixed toward gray.

#a866d3

#a671c8

#a37cbd

#a187b2

#9f92a7

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.99:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.26:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.26:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8f8ec8 · ΔE 17

Deuteranopia

#9398c3 · ΔE 20.2

Tritanopia

#a7b5b0 · ΔE 33.3

Achromatopsia

#7f7f7f · ΔE 28.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #aa5bde;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#aa5bde]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Dark Violet #9400d3

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#aa5bde (#aa5bde) is rgb(170, 91, 222) in RGB.

No, #aa5bde 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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