#aa8ab6

Color #aa8ab6

A muted light purple.

Closest named color Plum #dda0dd · ΔE 17.3 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 13.1

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Conversions

HEX

#aa8ab6

RGB

rgb(170, 138, 182)

HSL

hsl(283.6, 23.2%, 62.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(283.6, 24.2%, 71.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(6.6%, 24.2%, 0%, 28.6%)

LAB

lab(61.74, 20.22, -18.45)

LCH

lch(61.74, 27.37, 317.62)

OKLCH

oklch(67.8%, 0.0729, 316.72)

HWB

hwb(283.6, 54.1%, 28.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#96b68a

Analogous

#948ab6

#aa8ab6

#b68aac

Triadic

#aa8ab6

#b6aa8a

#8ab6aa

Split-complementary

#aa8ab6

#acb68a

#8ab694

Tetradic

#aa8ab6

#b68a96

#96b68a

#8ab6aa

Square

#aa8ab6

#b6948a

#96b68a

#8aacb6

Shades

Color #aa8ab6 mixed toward black.

#9269a1

#765283

#583d62

#3b2942

#1d1421

Tints

Color #aa8ab6 mixed toward white.

#b89dc2

#c6b1ce

#d4c4da

#e3d8e7

#f1ebf3

Tones

Color #aa8ab6 mixed toward gray.

#a88db2

#a791af

#a595ab

#a399a7

#a29ca4

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.99:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.02:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.02:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9d9dad · ΔE 13.9

Deuteranopia

#9fa1aa · ΔE 16.9

Tritanopia

#a9a5a3 · ΔE 20.1

Achromatopsia

#959595 · ΔE 19.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #aa8ab6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#aa8ab6]

Related colors

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#aa8ab6 (#aa8ab6) is rgb(170, 138, 182) in RGB.

No, #aa8ab6 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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