#aa87ce

Color #aa87ce

A moderately saturated light purple.

Closest named color Plum #dda0dd · ΔE 15.94 Nearest Tailwind class violet-400 #a684ff · ΔE 9.3

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Conversions

HEX

#aa87ce

RGB

rgb(170, 135, 206)

HSL

hsl(269.6, 42%, 66.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(269.6, 34.5%, 80.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(17.5%, 34.5%, 0%, 19.2%)

LAB

lab(61.94, 27.09, -31.68)

LCH

lch(61.94, 41.68, 310.53)

OKLCH

oklch(68.3%, 0.1085, 306.34)

HWB

hwb(269.6, 52.9%, 19.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#abce87

Analogous

#8788ce

#aa87ce

#ce87ce

Triadic

#aa87ce

#ceaa87

#87ceaa

Split-complementary

#aa87ce

#cece87

#88ce87

Tetradic

#aa87ce

#ce87ab

#abce87

#87ceaa

Square

#aa87ce

#ce8788

#abce87

#87cece

Shades

Color #aa87ce mixed toward black.

#8e5fbe

#7142a1

#553179

#392151

#1c1028

Tints

Color #aa87ce mixed toward white.

#b89bd6

#c6afde

#d5c3e7

#e3d7ef

#f1ebf7

Tones

Color #aa87ce mixed toward gray.

#aa8dc8

#aa93c2

#aa99bc

#aa9fb6

#aba5b1

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.97:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.07:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.07:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9c9cc0 · ΔE 10.7

Deuteranopia

#9ea1bc · ΔE 13.3

Tritanopia

#a8b4b1 · ΔE 25

Achromatopsia

#969696 · ΔE 22.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #aa87ce;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#aa87ce]

Related colors

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Indigo #4b0082

Medium Purple #9370db

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Frequently asked questions

#aa87ce (#aa87ce) is rgb(170, 135, 206) in RGB.

No, #aa87ce is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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