#aa8ebb

Color #aa8ebb

A muted light purple.

Closest named color Plum #dda0dd · ΔE 17.29 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 12.6

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Conversions

HEX

#aa8ebb

RGB

rgb(170, 142, 187)

HSL

hsl(277.3, 24.9%, 64.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(277.3, 24.1%, 73.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(9.1%, 24.1%, 0%, 26.7%)

LAB

lab(62.91, 18.99, -19.5)

LCH

lch(62.91, 27.22, 314.24)

OKLCH

oklch(68.8%, 0.0718, 312.46)

HWB

hwb(277.3, 55.7%, 26.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9fbb8e

Analogous

#938ebb

#aa8ebb

#bb8eb6

Triadic

#aa8ebb

#bbaa8e

#8ebbaa

Split-complementary

#aa8ebb

#b6bb8e

#8ebb93

Tetradic

#aa8ebb

#bb8e9f

#9fbb8e

#8ebbaa

Square

#aa8ebb

#bb938e

#9fbb8e

#8eb6bb

Shades

Color #aa8ebb mixed toward black.

#906ca6

#745289

#573e67

#3a2944

#1d1522

Tints

Color #aa8ebb mixed toward white.

#b8a1c6

#c6b4d2

#d4c6dd

#e3d9e8

#f1ecf4

Tones

Color #aa8ebb mixed toward gray.

#a992b7

#a895b4

#a799b0

#a69dac

#a5a1a8

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.88:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.3:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.3:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9f9eb1 · ΔE 12

Deuteranopia

#a0a2af · ΔE 15

Tritanopia

#a9a9a8 · ΔE 20.7

Achromatopsia

#989898 · ΔE 19.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #aa8ebb;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#aa8ebb]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#aa8ebb (#aa8ebb) is rgb(170, 142, 187) in RGB.

No, #aa8ebb 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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