What is hex #AA5DAF color?

 
In professional design frameworks, this hue is considered a balanced and versatile hue. It is ideal for creating smooth color harmony, digital artwork, or minimalist web components.

From a technical standpoint, this color is composed of 67% red, 36% green and 69% blue, resulting in an RGB value of (170,93,175).
For print media and manufacturing layout, the CMYK colors code equivalent is (3%, 47%, 0%, 31%).
In the HSV/HSB scale, #AA5DAF features a hue of 296°, 47% saturation, and a brightness value of 69%.

Hex #AA5DAF Color Codes & Equivalents

Hex Code #AA5DAF
RGB Values (170,93,175)
CMYK Values (3%, 47%, 0%, 31%)
HSV/HSB Values (296°, 47%, 69%)
Closest Web Safe
#996699
Inverse Color
#55A250
Closest Pantone®
2583 C
Closest RAL
RAL 4003 [Heather violet]
Complementary Color
#62AF5D

#AA5DAF Converted to Grayscale Codes

Average
#929292
Lightness (Desaturation)
#868686
Weighted (BT601)
#7D7D7D
Luma (BT709)
#737373

WCAG 2.1 Color Contrast & Accessibility

Check how #AA5DAF complies with web accessibility standards (WCAG AA & AAA) for typography.

White Text on #AA5DAF

Sample preview of readable typography on top of #AA5DAF.

Contrast Ratio: 4.29:1
AA Fail AAA Fail

Black Text on #AA5DAF

Sample preview of readable typography on top of #AA5DAF.

Contrast Ratio: 4.89:1
AA Pass AAA Fail

Hex #AA5DAF Color Palettes

Complementary Palette

The complementary color of #AA5DAF is #62AF5D. To get this value, we need to use the RGB metrics, and take this opposite color at the end of the color wheel, so for #AA5DAF you will find #62AF5D. When placed next to each other, they create the strongest contrast for those two colors. Complementary colors may also be called "opposite colors". So if you need to grab attention, you should use it.

#AA5DAF #62AF5D

Analogous Palette

The analogous color scheme of #AA5DAF is composed with colors #815DAF and #AF5D8B. Colors are called analogous colors when they are very similar to each other. They are located to the right and left of your main color #AA5DAF with a 30° separation on the RGB color wheel. An analogous color palette is best used with either warm or cool colors, creating a look that has a certain temperature as well as proper color harmony.

#815DAF #AA5DAF #AF5D8B

Split-Complementary Palette

The split-complementary color scheme of #AA5DAF is composed with colors #5DAF81 and #8BAF5D. A split-complementary color palette is like an analogous palette but you will take the complementary color as base instead of your main color. This choice, however, also makes the split complementary color combinations less vibrant and eye-catching, but it's also a good choice for beginners as you can hardly go wrong.

#AA5DAF #5DAF81 #8BAF5D

Triadic Palette

The triadic color scheme of #AA5DAF is composed with colors #5DAFAA and #AFAA5D. They are located to the right and left of your main color #AA5DAF with a 120° separation on the RGB color wheel. With it you have the maximum variation in hue and offering by the same occasion the best possible contrast when taken together.

#AA5DAF #5DAFAA #AFAA5D

Tetradic Palette

The tetradic color scheme of #AA5DAF is composed with colors #AFAA5D, #62AF5D and #5D62AF A tetradic color scheme, an outstanding variant of the twin color scheme, with an equal distance between all colors. All four colors are divided evenly around the color wheel. Like this there being no clear dominance of one color overs others. Colorful palettes create a sense of diversity, optimism and openness which are positive for a consumer brand. You can find the tetradic color scheme on big tech company logo like Google, Slack, Zoho, Microsoft, eBay for example. For a better result, you can also adjust saturation and brightness.

#AA5DAF #AFAA5D #62AF5D #5D62AF

Square Palette

The square color scheme of #AA5DAF is composed with colors #AF815D, #62AF5D and #5D8BAF To get this color, it's pretty the same method that analogous or triadic, but instead, you will take an angle of 90° on the RGB Wheel between each colors. The square palette is similar to the tetradic palette, but provides an evenly balanced chromatic distribution with crisp visual contrast across all four points.

#AA5DAF #AF815D #62AF5D #5D8BAF

Tints, Tones & Shades of Hex #AA5DAF

Tints

Tints are created by adding white, resulting in lighter shades of #AA5DAF.

#AA5DAF #B16AB5 #B878BC #BF85C3 #C693C9 #CDA1D0 #D4AED7 #DCBCDE

Tones

Tones are made by mixing with gray, softening the original color.

#AA5DAF #9F68A3 #957497 #8A808B #868686

Shades

Shades result from adding black, creating darker variations.

#AA5DAF #A051A5 #934B98 #86448A #783D7C #6B366F #5E3061 #512953

Hex #AA5DAF in programming languages

If you are a developer, you will find below the color codes to use according to your programming language (HTML, JAVA, Python, .NET), enjoy!

HTML, CSS #AA5DAF
Java new Color(170,93,175);
Python Color(#AA5DAF)
.NET Color.FromArgb(255, 170,93,175);
Swift / iOS UIColor(red: 0.67, green: 0.36, blue: 0.69, alpha: 1)
Kotlin / Android Color.rgb(170, 93, 175)