#aa5cbd

Color #aa5cbd

A moderately saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Orchid #da70d6 · ΔE 14.26 Nearest Tailwind class fuchsia-600 #c800de · ΔE 9.9

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Conversions

HEX

#aa5cbd

RGB

rgb(170, 92, 189)

HSL

hsl(288.2, 42.4%, 55.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(288.2, 51.3%, 74.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(10.1%, 51.3%, 0%, 25.9%)

LAB

lab(51.7, 47.08, -38.01)

LCH

lch(51.7, 60.51, 321.08)

OKLCH

oklch(60.3%, 0.1623, 319.5)

HWB

hwb(288.2, 36.1%, 25.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#6fbd5c

Analogous

#795cbd

#aa5cbd

#bd5ca0

Triadic

#aa5cbd

#bdaa5c

#5cbdaa

Split-complementary

#aa5cbd

#a0bd5c

#5cbd79

Tetradic

#aa5cbd

#bd5c6f

#6fbd5c

#5cbdaa

Square

#aa5cbd

#bd795c

#6fbd5c

#5ca0bd

Shades

Color #aa5cbd mixed toward black.

#9343a7

#763685

#582864

#3b1b43

#1d0d21

Tints

Color #aa5cbd mixed toward white.

#b877c8

#c692d3

#d4adde

#e3c9e9

#f1e4f4

Tones

Color #aa5cbd mixed toward gray.

#a564b5

#a06cad

#9b74a5

#967c9d

#918495

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.22:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.97:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.97:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8f8eac · ΔE 19.4

Deuteranopia

#9398a7 · ΔE 22.7

Tritanopia

#a79d99 · ΔE 29.7

Achromatopsia

#7b7b7b · ΔE 26

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Code

CSS

background-color: #aa5cbd;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#aa5cbd]

Related colors

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Plum #dda0dd

Frequently asked questions

#aa5cbd (#aa5cbd) is rgb(170, 92, 189) in RGB.

No, #aa5cbd is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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