#aa77bb

Color #aa77bb

A muted light purple.

Closest named color Plum #dda0dd · ΔE 17.07 Nearest Tailwind class purple-400 #c27aff · ΔE 11.4

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Conversions

HEX

#aa77bb

RGB

rgb(170, 119, 187)

HSL

hsl(285, 33.3%, 60%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(285, 36.4%, 73.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(9.1%, 36.4%, 0%, 26.7%)

LAB

lab(57.39, 32, -27.96)

LCH

lch(57.39, 42.49, 318.85)

OKLCH

oklch(64.6%, 0.1134, 317.43)

HWB

hwb(285, 46.7%, 26.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#88bb77

Analogous

#8877bb

#aa77bb

#bb77aa

Triadic

#aa77bb

#bbaa77

#77bbaa

Split-complementary

#aa77bb

#aabb77

#77bb88

Tetradic

#aa77bb

#bb7788

#88bb77

#77bbaa

Square

#aa77bb

#bb8877

#88bb77

#77aabb

Shades

Color #aa77bb mixed toward black.

#9555aa

#774488

#593366

#3b2244

#1e1122

Tints

Color #aa77bb mixed toward white.

#b88ec6

#c6a4d2

#d4bbdd

#e3d2e8

#f1e8f4

Tones

Color #aa77bb mixed toward gray.

#a77db5

#a482b0

#a188aa

#9f8ea4

#9c939f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.46:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.07:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.07:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9796ae · ΔE 15.6

Deuteranopia

#999daa · ΔE 19.3

Tritanopia

#a8a29f · ΔE 25.1

Achromatopsia

#8a8a8a · ΔE 23.3

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #aa77bb;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#aa77bb]

Related colors

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Frequently asked questions

#aa77bb (#aa77bb) is rgb(170, 119, 187) in RGB.

No, #aa77bb 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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