#aa91b7

Color #aa91b7

A muted light purple.

Closest named color Thistle #d8bfd8 · ΔE 18.3 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 10.8

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Conversions

HEX

#aa91b7

RGB

rgb(170, 145, 183)

HSL

hsl(279.5, 20.9%, 64.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(279.5, 20.8%, 71.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(7.1%, 20.8%, 0%, 28.2%)

LAB

lab(63.52, 16.47, -16.32)

LCH

lch(63.52, 23.19, 315.26)

OKLCH

oklch(69.2%, 0.0614, 314.08)

HWB

hwb(279.5, 56.9%, 28.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9eb791

Analogous

#9791b7

#aa91b7

#b791b1

Triadic

#aa91b7

#b7aa91

#91b7aa

Split-complementary

#aa91b7

#b1b791

#91b797

Tetradic

#aa91b7

#b7919e

#9eb791

#91b7aa

Square

#aa91b7

#b79791

#9eb791

#91b1b7

Shades

Color #aa91b7 mixed toward black.

#9070a1

#755684

#574163

#3a2b42

#1d1621

Tints

Color #aa91b7 mixed toward white.

#b8a3c3

#c6b6cf

#d4c8db

#e3dae7

#f1edf3

Tones

Color #aa91b7 mixed toward gray.

#a994b4

#a897b1

#a79aad

#a69eaa

#a5a1a7

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.82:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.44:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.44:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a0a0af · ΔE 12.2

Deuteranopia

#a1a3ad · ΔE 14.7

Tritanopia

#a9a8a6 · ΔE 19.2

Achromatopsia

#9a9a9a · ΔE 17.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #aa91b7;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#aa91b7]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#aa91b7 (#aa91b7) is rgb(170, 145, 183) in RGB.

No, #aa91b7 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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