All About Color #AA00FF

#AA00FF

About #AA00FF

#AA00FF is a medium purple color with the hex code #AA00FF. In RGB it is red 170, green 0, blue 255; in HSL it is hue 280°, saturation 100%, lightness 50%; in CMYK it is 33%, 100%, 0%, 0%. Its contrast ratio is 5.06:1 on white and 4.15:1 on black.

#AA00FF Color Conversion

Hex tripletAA, 00, FF
CMYK33.33%, 100.00%, 0.00%, 0.00%
RGB Decimal170, 0, 255
HSL280°, 100%, 50%
RGB Octal252, 0, 377
HSV (HSB)280.00°, 100.00%, 100.00%
RGB Binary10101010, 0, 11111111
CIE-L*AB46.67, 86.99, -83.62
RGB Percent66.67%, 0.00%, 100.00%
CIE-L*CH46.67, 120.66, 316.13
XYZ34.63, 15.77, 95.83
CIE-L*UV46.67, 30.41, -130.01
xyY0.24, 0.11, 15.77
Hunter-Lab39.71, 86.18, -115.29
RYB66.67%, 0.00%, 100.00%

Color Accessibility Scores

#AA00FF on a dark background: contrast 4.15:1, passes WCAG AA for large text only.
#AA00FF on a light background: contrast 5.06:1, passes WCAG AA.

Color Shades

Tints and shades of #AA00FF, from lightest to darkest. Each swatch links to its own color page.

Related Palettes

Harmonious five-color palettes built around #AA00FF. Open any of them in the Muzli palette generator.

Complementary palette

#AA00FF · #C95CFF · #6D00A3 · #55FF00 · #92FF5C

Analogous palette

#0055FF · #2A00FF · #AA00FF · #FF00D4 · #FF0055

Triadic palette

#AA00FF · #FFAA00 · #00FFAA · #C95CFF · #FFC95C

Tetradic palette

#AA00FF · #FF2B00 · #55FF00 · #00D4FF · #6D00A3

Monochromatic palette

#440066 · #7700B3 · #AA00FF · #C44DFF · #DD99FF

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