#aa83b9

Color #aa83b9

A muted light purple.

Closest named color Plum #dda0dd · ΔE 15.33 Nearest Tailwind class purple-400 #c27aff · ΔE 13.1

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Conversions

HEX

#aa83b9

RGB

rgb(170, 131, 185)

HSL

hsl(283.3, 27.8%, 62%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(283.3, 29.2%, 72.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(8.1%, 29.2%, 0%, 27.5%)

LAB

lab(60.14, 24.81, -22.59)

LCH

lch(60.14, 33.55, 317.68)

OKLCH

oklch(66.6%, 0.0893, 316.41)

HWB

hwb(283.3, 51.4%, 27.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#92b983

Analogous

#8f83b9

#aa83b9

#b983ad

Triadic

#aa83b9

#b9aa83

#83b9aa

Split-complementary

#aa83b9

#adb983

#83b98f

Tetradic

#aa83b9

#b98392

#92b983

#83b9aa

Square

#aa83b9

#b98f83

#92b983

#83adb9

Shades

Color #aa83b9 mixed toward black.

#9361a6

#764c87

#593965

#3b2643

#1e1322

Tints

Color #aa83b9 mixed toward white.

#b898c5

#c6acd0

#d5c1dc

#e3d6e8

#f1eaf3

Tones

Color #aa83b9 mixed toward gray.

#a888b5

#a68cb0

#a491ac

#a295a7

#a09aa3

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.15:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.66:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.66:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9b9aae · ΔE 14.2

Deuteranopia

#9da0ab · ΔE 18.2

Tritanopia

#a8a4a2 · ΔE 22.3

Achromatopsia

#919191 · ΔE 21.3

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #aa83b9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#aa83b9]

Related colors

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#aa83b9 (#aa83b9) is rgb(170, 131, 185) in RGB.

No, #aa83b9 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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