#aa74b5

Color #aa74b5

A muted medium purple.

Closest named color Plum #dda0dd · ΔE 17.37 Nearest Tailwind class purple-400 #c27aff · ΔE 12.6

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Conversions

HEX

#aa74b5

RGB

rgb(170, 116, 181)

HSL

hsl(289.8, 30.5%, 58.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(289.8, 35.9%, 71%)

CMYK

cmyk(6.1%, 35.9%, 0%, 29%)

LAB

lab(56.46, 32.44, -25.97)

LCH

lch(56.46, 41.55, 321.32)

OKLCH

oklch(63.8%, 0.112, 320.65)

HWB

hwb(289.8, 45.5%, 29%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#7fb574

Analogous

#8974b5

#aa74b5

#b5749f

Triadic

#aa74b5

#b5aa74

#74b5aa

Split-complementary

#aa74b5

#9fb574

#74b589

Tetradic

#aa74b5

#b5747f

#7fb574

#74b5aa

Square

#aa74b5

#b58974

#7fb574

#749fb5

Shades

Color #aa74b5 mixed toward black.

#9556a1

#774581

#593461

#3b2241

#1e1120

Tints

Color #aa74b5 mixed toward white.

#b88bc1

#c6a2ce

#d4b9da

#e3d1e6

#f1e8f3

Tones

Color #aa74b5 mixed toward gray.

#a679b0

#a37faa

#9f84a5

#9c8a9f

#988f9a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.57:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.87:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.87:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9695a8 · ΔE 17.2

Deuteranopia

#999ca5 · ΔE 20.8

Tritanopia

#a89d9b · ΔE 23.4

Achromatopsia

#878787 · ΔE 23.2

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #aa74b5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#aa74b5]

Related colors

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Plum #dda0dd

Frequently asked questions

#aa74b5 (#aa74b5) is rgb(170, 116, 181) in RGB.

No, #aa74b5 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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