#aa74c2

Color #aa74c2

A muted light purple.

Closest named color Medium Purple #9370db · ΔE 17.74 Nearest Tailwind class purple-400 #c27aff · ΔE 10

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Conversions

HEX

#aa74c2

RGB

rgb(170, 116, 194)

HSL

hsl(281.5, 39%, 60.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(281.5, 40.2%, 76.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(12.4%, 40.2%, 0%, 23.9%)

LAB

lab(57.01, 35.15, -32.55)

LCH

lch(57.01, 47.91, 317.2)

OKLCH

oklch(64.4%, 0.1269, 314.94)

HWB

hwb(281.5, 45.5%, 23.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8cc274

Analogous

#8374c2

#aa74c2

#c274b3

Triadic

#aa74c2

#c2aa74

#74c2aa

Split-complementary

#aa74c2

#b3c274

#74c283

Tetradic

#aa74c2

#c2748c

#8cc274

#74c2aa

Square

#aa74c2

#c28374

#8cc274

#74b3c2

Shades

Color #aa74c2 mixed toward black.

#9450b2

#773f90

#592f6c

#3b2048

#1e1024

Tints

Color #aa74c2 mixed toward white.

#b88bcc

#c6a2d6

#d4bae1

#e3d1eb

#f1e8f5

Tones

Color #aa74c2 mixed toward gray.

#a77bbc

#a581b5

#a388af

#a08ea8

#9e95a2

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.51:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.99:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.99:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9695b3 · ΔE 15.1

Deuteranopia

#999caf · ΔE 18.3

Tritanopia

#a8a6a3 · ΔE 27.6

Achromatopsia

#898989 · ΔE 24.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #aa74c2;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#aa74c2]

Related colors

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#aa74c2 (#aa74c2) is rgb(170, 116, 194) in RGB.

No, #aa74c2 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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