#AA00FF colour

#AA00FF is a vivid purple close to CSS blueviolet: RGB 170, 0, 255, HSL 280, 100%, 50%. White text passes AA (5.06:1). Tints, shades and colour harmonies.

#AA00FF

Nearest CSS name: blueviolet #8a2be2 (not an exact match)
Described as: a vivid purple
Red, green, blue: 170, 0, 255
Material 2014: Purple A700
Web safe: No
Luminance: 0.1577 (WCAG relative luminance, 0 is black, 1 is white)

Colour codes

HEX	`#aa00ff`
HEX (short)	`#a0f`
RGB	`rgb(170, 0, 255)`
RGB (percent)	`rgb(66.7% 0% 100%)`
HSL	`hsl(280, 100%, 50%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(280, 100%, 100%)`
HWB	`hwb(280 0% 0%)`
CMYK (naive)	`cmyk(33%, 100%, 0%, 0%)`
CIELAB (D50)	`lab(45.64% 79.88 -84.81)`
OKLCH	`oklch(58.12% 0.2986 307.03)`
Decimal	`11141375`

CMYK here is the plain formula with no colour profile, so treat it as a starting point; a printer's profile gives the real ink values. CIELAB uses a D50 white point, as CSS lab() does. HSV is not a CSS function, so it is shown for design apps only.

Contrast with white and black text

White text, 5.06:1The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

Black text, 4.15:1The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

Text	Ratio	AA normal (4.5)	AA large (3)	AAA normal (7)	AAA large (4.5)
White	5.06:1	Pass	Pass	Fail	Pass
Black	4.15:1	Fail	Pass	Fail	Fail

White text is the better choice on #AA00FF (5.06:1). Ratios use the WCAG 2.2 formula; large text means at least 24px, or 18.66px bold. Check another pair.

Tints and shades

Mixed with white, then with black, in ten even steps (straight sRGB mixing, as most design tools do).

9%#b217ff 18%#b92eff 27%#c146ff 36%#c95dff 45%#d174ff 55%#d88bff 64%#e0a2ff 73%#e8b9ff 82%#f0d1ff 91%#f7e8ff

9%#9b00e8 18%#8b00d1 27%#7c00b9 36%#6c00a2 45%#5d008b 55%#4d0074 64%#3e005d 73%#2e0046 82%#1f002e 91%#0f0017

Colour harmonies

Hue turned around the HSL colour wheel, saturation and lightness kept.

Complementary

The hue opposite on the colour wheel (180°).

#aa00ff #55ff00

Analogous

Neighbours 30° either side.

#2b00ff #aa00ff #ff00d5

Triadic

Three hues 120° apart.

#aa00ff #ffaa00 #00ffaa

Split complementary

The two hues either side of the complement (150° and 210°).

#aa00ff #d5ff00 #00ff2a

Tetradic (square)

Four hues 90° apart.

#aa00ff #ff2b00 #55ff00 #00d5ff

How it looks with colour blindness

Normal vision#aa00ff Protanopia#006aff Deuteranopia#006ffb Tritanopia#9b6096 Achromatopsia#6f6f6f

Simulated with the Machado, Oliveira and Fernandes (2009) matrices at full severity, applied in linear RGB; achromatopsia shows the colour's luminance as grey. Milder forms (protanomaly, deuteranomaly) are far more common and shift colours less. Never use colour as the only way to carry meaning.

Material Purple palette

50#f3e5f5 100#e1bee7 200#ce93d8 300#ba68c8 400#ab47bc 500#9c27b0 600#8e24aa 700#7b1fa2 800#6a1b9a 900#4a148c A100#ea80fc A200#e040fb A400#d500f9 A700#aa00ff

CSS

Text colour	`color: #aa00ff;`
Background	`background-color: #aa00ff;`
Border	`border: 1px solid #aa00ff;`
Half transparent	`background-color: rgb(170 0 255 / 50%);`
Custom property	`--colour-main: #aa00ff;`
Gradient to a darker shade	`background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aa00ff, #660099);`
Gradient from a lighter tint	`background: linear-gradient(180deg, #cc66ff, #aa00ff);`
Text on this colour	`background-color: #aa00ff; color: #fff;`

Similar named colours

Distance is measured in OKLab, scaled by 100; under about 2 is hard to tell apart side by side.

Convert #AA00FF to other formats · Build a palette from it · Check contrast · All named colours

Colour names from CSS Color Module Level 4. Palette values from the Tailwind CSS v3 default palette (MIT licence) and the Material Design 2014 colour palette as published in Material Design Lite (Apache License 2.0). All other values are calculated from the hex code.