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#AA4BDD Color

#AA4BDD is rgb(170, 75, 221) in RGB, hsl(279, 68%, 58%) in HSL, and about cmyk(23%, 66%, 0%, 13%) in CMYK. It has no registered color name of its own — the closest is Dark Orchid (#9932CC), clearly related but distinguishable side by side at ΔE 8.04. Black text is the more readable choice on this background.

#AA4BDD
HEX#AA4BDD
RGBrgb(170, 75, 221)
HSLhsl(279, 68%, 58%)
HSVhsv(279, 66%, 87%)
CMYKcmyk(23%, 66%, 0%, 13%)
OKLCHoklch(60% 0.22 311.5)
LABlab(49.94% 56.75 -58.74)
LCHlch(49.94% 81.67 314.01)

What #AA4BDD Is Called

Most hex codes have no name: there are 16.7 million of them and a few thousand registered names. These are the named colors nearest to #AA4BDD, ordered by CIE76 distance in CIELAB. Anything under about ΔE 2 is a difference most people cannot see.

Dark Orchid#9932CCΔE 8.04Lavender Indigo#9457EBΔE 11.6Medium Orchid#BA55D3ΔE 11.92Heliotrope#DF73FFΔE 16.95Purple (Munsell)#9F00C5ΔE 17.16Violet (RYB)#8601AFΔE 17.31

Browse the full index of named colors A-Z or every purple in the library.

#AA4BDD Channel Values

How #AA4BDD breaks down in each color model. Hue is measured in degrees around the color wheel; saturation, lightness, and the CMYK inks are percentages.

ModelChannelsNotes
RGBR 170 · G 75 · B 2218-bit channels as sent to the display
HSLH 279° · S 68% · L 58%Easiest model for building lighter and darker variants
HSVH 279° · S 66% · V 87%Matches the picker in most design tools
CMYKC 23% · M 66% · Y 0% · K 13%Approximate ink mix; confirm with an ICC profile before printing
Luminance4.41:1 vs white · 4.76:1 vs blackWCAG 2.2 relative-luminance contrast ratios

Text Contrast & Accessibility

WCAG 2.2 contrast ratios for text on a #AA4BDD background. AA requires 4.5:1 for normal text and 3:1 for large text; AAA requires 7:1. Contrast is one check, not a full accessibility review.

Fails AAWhite text4.41:1AA normal AA large AAA normal
TextBlack text4.76:1AA normal AA large AAA normal

Need a specific ratio against another background? Open #AA4BDD in the contrast checker.

Colors That Go With #AA4BDD

Pairings derived from color-wheel relationships. The complementary color sits opposite #AA4BDD; analogous colors sit beside it; triadic and split-complementary sets spread evenly around the wheel. Select any swatch for its own breakdown.

Base
#AA4BDD
Complementary
#7EDD4B
Analogous
#614BDD
Analogous
#DD4BC7
Triadic
#DDAA4B
Triadic
#4BDDAA
Split comp.
#C7DD4B
Split comp.
#4BDD61

Tints & Shades of #AA4BDD

Lighter tints and darker shades built by moving the lightness channel while holding hue and saturation, which is what you want for hover states, backgrounds, and text variants.

Tints

#B665E2
#C07AE6
#CC94EB
#D8AEEF
#E5C7F4
#EFDDF8

Shades

#9A29D6
#8423B8
#6B1D96
#531674
#3A1051
#250A33

Want a full 50-950 ramp with semantic roles? Generate design tokens from #AA4BDD.

How #AA4BDD Looks with Color Vision Deficiency

Simulated with the Viénot, Brettel & Mollon LMS projection model. Anomalous types are rendered as partial versions of the matching dichromacy, which is an approximation rather than a per-person clinical model.

Typical#AA4BDD
Protanopia#6464DD
Protanomaly#865BDD
Deuteranopia#7676DC
Deuteranomaly#8E67DC
Tritanopia#996D6D
Tritanomaly#A061A6
Achromatopsia#787878

Test a full palette in the color blindness simulator.

Using #AA4BDD in Code

Copy-ready declarations for the places this color usually ends up.

CSS custom property--color-aa4bdd: #AA4BDD;
CSS backgroundbackground-color: #AA4BDD;
Tailwind configcolors: { 'color-aa4bdd': '#AA4BDD' }
SwiftUIColor(red: 0.667, green: 0.294, blue: 0.867)
Android XML<color name="color_aa4bdd">#AA4BDD</color>
SVG fillfill="#AA4BDD"

More Purple Colors

#AA4BDD sits in the purple family. These are its neighbours across that family's full range, each with its own breakdown.

150024fdf8ff170b22fdf4ff1b0d35faf5ff1d0731fae8ff1e0033f6cfff20002ef3e8ff3000524020605414906600cc7008e78806ce9900cca11fffb19cd9c27affcebeefe0b2eb

#AA4BDD Frequently Asked Questions

What color is #AA4BDD?

#AA4BDD is a mid-tone purple — rgb(170, 75, 221) in RGB and hsl(279, 68%, 58%) in HSL. It carries no registered color name of its own; the closest named color is Dark Orchid (#9932CC), which is clearly related but distinguishable side by side at a CIE76 distance of 8.04.

What is the RGB value of #AA4BDD?

#AA4BDD is rgb(170, 75, 221) — red 170, green 75, and blue 221 on the 0-255 scale.

What is the CMYK value of #AA4BDD?

#AA4BDD converts to approximately cmyk(23%, 66%, 0%, 13%). CMYK output is a mathematical approximation for planning; confirm production print colors with your printer and ICC profile.

Should text on #AA4BDD be black or white?

Black text is the more readable choice. #AA4BDD scores 4.41:1 against white and 4.76:1 against black, and WCAG 2.2 asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal body text.

Can I write #AA4BDD as a CSS color keyword?

No. #AA4BDD is not one of the CSS color keywords, so it has to be written as a hex, rgb() or hsl() value. The closest keyword is darkorchid (#9932CC) at a CIE76 distance of 8.04, which is clearly related but distinguishable side by side.

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