#aa68b8

Color #aa68b8

A muted medium purple.

Closest named color Orchid #da70d6 · ΔE 18.15 Nearest Tailwind class purple-400 #c27aff · ΔE 12.2

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Conversions

HEX

#aa68b8

RGB

rgb(170, 104, 184)

HSL

hsl(289.5, 36%, 56.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(289.5, 43.5%, 72.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(7.6%, 43.5%, 0%, 27.8%)

LAB

lab(53.93, 39.69, -31.62)

LCH

lch(53.93, 50.75, 321.46)

OKLCH

oklch(61.9%, 0.1367, 320.4)

HWB

hwb(289.5, 40.8%, 27.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#76b868

Analogous

#8268b8

#aa68b8

#b8689e

Triadic

#aa68b8

#b8aa68

#68b8aa

Split-complementary

#aa68b8

#9eb868

#68b882

Tetradic

#aa68b8

#b86876

#76b868

#68b8aa

Square

#aa68b8

#b88268

#76b868

#689eb8

Shades

Color #aa68b8 mixed toward black.

#944da3

#773d83

#592e62

#3b1f41

#1e0f21

Tints

Color #aa68b8 mixed toward white.

#b881c4

#c69ad0

#d5b4dc

#e3cde7

#f1e6f3

Tones

Color #aa68b8 mixed toward gray.

#a66fb1

#a175ab

#9d7ca4

#99839d

#948997

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.9:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.38:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.38:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9292a9 · ΔE 18.5

Deuteranopia

#969aa5 · ΔE 21.6

Tritanopia

#a79c99 · ΔE 26.4

Achromatopsia

#818181 · ΔE 24.6

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #aa68b8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#aa68b8]

Related colors

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Plum #dda0dd

Frequently asked questions

#aa68b8 (#aa68b8) is rgb(170, 104, 184) in RGB.

No, #aa68b8 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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