#aa93b2

Color #aa93b2

A muted light purple.

Closest named color Thistle #d8bfd8 · ΔE 16.69 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 8.8

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Conversions

HEX

#aa93b2

RGB

rgb(170, 147, 178)

HSL

hsl(284.5, 16.8%, 63.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(284.5, 17.4%, 69.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(4.5%, 17.4%, 0%, 30.2%)

LAB

lab(63.86, 14.32, -12.99)

LCH

lch(63.86, 19.33, 317.79)

OKLCH

oklch(69.4%, 0.0516, 317.28)

HWB

hwb(284.5, 57.6%, 30.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9bb293

Analogous

#9a93b2

#aa93b2

#b293aa

Triadic

#aa93b2

#b2aa93

#93b2aa

Split-complementary

#aa93b2

#aab293

#93b29a

Tetradic

#aa93b2

#b2939b

#9bb293

#93b2aa

Square

#aa93b2

#b29a93

#9bb293

#93aab2

Shades

Color #aa93b2 mixed toward black.

#91739b

#755a7e

#58445f

#3b2d3f

#1d1720

Tints

Color #aa93b2 mixed toward white.

#b8a5bf

#c6b7cc

#d4c9d8

#e3dbe5

#f1edf2

Tones

Color #aa93b2 mixed toward gray.

#a995af

#a798ad

#a69baa

#a59da8

#a4a0a5

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.79:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.53:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.53:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a1a0ab · ΔE 11.6

Deuteranopia

#a2a4a9 · ΔE 15

Tritanopia

#a9a5a4 · ΔE 15.6

Achromatopsia

#9b9b9b · ΔE 16

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #aa93b2;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#aa93b2]

Related colors

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#aa93b2 (#aa93b2) is rgb(170, 147, 178) in RGB.

No, #aa93b2 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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