#aa87a1

Color #aa87a1

A muted medium magenta.

Closest named color Rosy Brown #bc8f8f · ΔE 15.69 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 11.2

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Conversions

HEX

#aa87a1

RGB

rgb(170, 135, 161)

HSL

hsl(315.4, 17.1%, 59.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(315.4, 20.6%, 66.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 20.6%, 5.3%, 33.3%)

LAB

lab(60.29, 17.81, -8.7)

LCH

lch(60.29, 19.82, 333.96)

OKLCH

oklch(66.5%, 0.0557, 335.5)

HWB

hwb(315.4, 52.9%, 33.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#87aa90

Analogous

#a187aa

#aa87a1

#aa878f

Triadic

#aa87a1

#a1aa87

#87a1aa

Split-complementary

#aa87a1

#8faa87

#87aaa1

Tetradic

#aa87a1

#aa9087

#87aa90

#87a1aa

Square

#aa87a1

#aaa187

#87aa90

#878faa

Shades

Color #aa87a1 mixed toward black.

#95698a

#77546e

#593f53

#3c2a37

#1e151c

Tints

Color #aa87a1 mixed toward white.

#b89bb1

#c6afc0

#d5c3d0

#e3d7e0

#f1ebef

Tones

Color #aa87a1 mixed toward gray.

#a78aa0

#a48d9e

#a1909d

#9e939b

#9b969a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.14:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.69:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.69:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9c9c9b · ΔE 18.2

Deuteranopia

#9ea19a · ΔE 24

Tritanopia

#a89695 · ΔE 12.4

Achromatopsia

#919191 · ΔE 17.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #aa87a1;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#aa87a1]

Related colors

Medium Violet Red #c71585

Deep Pink #ff1493

Orchid #da70d6

Hot Pink #ff69b4

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Frequently asked questions

#aa87a1 (#aa87a1) is rgb(170, 135, 161) in RGB.

No, #aa87a1 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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