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#AA83CE Color

#AA83CE is rgb(170, 131, 206) in RGB, hsl(271, 43%, 66%) in HSL, and about cmyk(17%, 36%, 0%, 19%) in CMYK. It has no registered color name of its own — the closest is Purple Mountain Majesty (#9678B6), clearly related but distinguishable side by side at ΔE 8.84. Black text is the more readable choice on this background.

#AA83CE
HEX#AA83CE
RGBrgb(170, 131, 206)
HSLhsl(271, 43%, 66%)
HSVhsv(271, 36%, 81%)
CMYKcmyk(17%, 36%, 0%, 19%)
OKLCHoklch(67.5% 0.115 307.4)
LABlab(60.74% 26.22 -33.28)
LCHlch(60.74% 42.37 308.23)

What #AA83CE 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 #AA83CE, ordered by CIE76 distance in CIELAB. Anything under about ΔE 2 is a difference most people cannot see.

Purple Mountain Majesty#9678B6ΔE 8.84Middle Blue Purple#8B72BEΔE 9.4Heather#9E7BB5ΔE 9.63African Violet#B284BEΔE 9.92Lavender Purple#967BB6ΔE 10.08Lavender (Floral)#B57EDCΔE 11.01

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

#AA83CE Channel Values

How #AA83CE 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 131 · B 2068-bit channels as sent to the display
HSLH 271° · S 43% · L 66%Easiest model for building lighter and darker variants
HSVH 271° · S 36% · V 81%Matches the picker in most design tools
CMYKC 17% · M 36% · Y 0% · K 19%Approximate ink mix; confirm with an ICC profile before printing
Luminance3.07:1 vs white · 6.85:1 vs blackWCAG 2.2 relative-luminance contrast ratios

Text Contrast & Accessibility

WCAG 2.2 contrast ratios for text on a #AA83CE 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 text3.07:1AA normal AA large AAA normal
TextBlack text6.85:1AA normal AA large AAA normal

Need a specific ratio against another background? Open #AA83CE in the contrast checker.

Colors That Go With #AA83CE

Pairings derived from color-wheel relationships. The complementary color sits opposite #AA83CE; analogous colors sit beside it; triadic and split-complementary sets spread evenly around the wheel. Select any swatch for its own breakdown.

Base
#AA83CE
Complementary
#A7CE83
Analogous
#8483CE
Analogous
#CE83CC
Triadic
#CEAA83
Triadic
#83CEAA
Split comp.
#CCCE83
Split comp.
#83CE84

Tints & Shades of #AA83CE

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

#B695D5
#C0A4DB
#CDB6E2
#D7C5E8
#E3D7EF
#EDE5F5

Shades

#9362C0
#7C46AF
#65398E
#502D71
#392050
#22132F

Want a full 50-950 ramp with semantic roles? Generate design tokens from #AA83CE.

How #AA83CE 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#AA83CE
Protanopia#8B8BCE
Protanomaly#9888CE
Deuteranopia#9191CD
Deuteranomaly#9C8CCE
Tritanopia#A08F8F
Tritanomaly#A48BAC
Achromatopsia#939393

Test a full palette in the color blindness simulator.

Using #AA83CE in Code

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

CSS custom property--color-aa83ce: #AA83CE;
CSS backgroundbackground-color: #AA83CE;
Tailwind configcolors: { 'color-aa83ce': '#AA83CE' }
SwiftUIColor(red: 0.667, green: 0.514, blue: 0.808)
Android XML<color name="color_aa83ce">#AA83CE</color>
SVG fillfill="#AA83CE"

More Purple Colors

#AA83CE sits in the purple family. These are its neighbours across that family's full range, each with its own breakdown.

150024fdf8ff170b22fdf4ff1b0d35faf5ff1d0731fae8ff1e0033f6cfff20002ef3e8ff3000524020605414906600cc7008e78806ce9900cca11fffb19cd9c27affcebeefe0b2eb

#AA83CE Frequently Asked Questions

What color is #AA83CE?

#AA83CE is a light purple — rgb(170, 131, 206) in RGB and hsl(271, 43%, 66%) in HSL. It carries no registered color name of its own; the closest named color is Purple Mountain Majesty (#9678B6), which is clearly related but distinguishable side by side at a CIE76 distance of 8.84.

What is the RGB value of #AA83CE?

#AA83CE is rgb(170, 131, 206) — red 170, green 131, and blue 206 on the 0-255 scale.

What is the CMYK value of #AA83CE?

#AA83CE converts to approximately cmyk(17%, 36%, 0%, 19%). CMYK output is a mathematical approximation for planning; confirm production print colors with your printer and ICC profile.

Should text on #AA83CE be black or white?

Black text is the more readable choice. #AA83CE scores 3.07:1 against white and 6.85:1 against black, and WCAG 2.2 asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal body text.

Can I write #AA83CE as a CSS color keyword?

No. #AA83CE 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 plum (#DDA0DD) at a CIE76 distance of 17.61, which is visibly different.

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