#aa96b6

Color #aa96b6

A muted light purple.

Closest named color Thistle #d8bfd8 · ΔE 16.03 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 8.6

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Conversions

HEX

#aa96b6

RGB

rgb(170, 150, 182)

HSL

hsl(277.5, 18%, 65.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(277.5, 17.6%, 71.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(6.6%, 17.6%, 0%, 28.6%)

LAB

lab(64.75, 13.44, -13.9)

LCH

lch(64.75, 19.34, 314.04)

OKLCH

oklch(70.1%, 0.0511, 312.78)

HWB

hwb(277.5, 58.8%, 28.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a2b696

Analogous

#9a96b6

#aa96b6

#b696b2

Triadic

#aa96b6

#b6aa96

#96b6aa

Split-complementary

#aa96b6

#b2b696

#96b69a

Tetradic

#aa96b6

#b696a2

#a2b696

#96b6aa

Square

#aa96b6

#b69a96

#a2b696

#96b2b6

Shades

Color #aa96b6 mixed toward black.

#90759f

#745b83

#574462

#3a2d41

#1d1721

Tints

Color #aa96b6 mixed toward white.

#b8a7c2

#c6b9ce

#d5cadb

#e3dce7

#f1edf3

Tones

Color #aa96b6 mixed toward gray.

#a999b3

#a99bb1

#a89eae

#a7a1ab

#a7a3a9

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.71:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.75:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.75:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a2a2af · ΔE 10.8

Deuteranopia

#a3a4ad · ΔE 12.6

Tritanopia

#a9a9a8 · ΔE 16.9

Achromatopsia

#9d9d9d · ΔE 15.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #aa96b6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#aa96b6]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Violet #9400d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#aa96b6 (#aa96b6) is rgb(170, 150, 182) in RGB.

No, #aa96b6 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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