Information about #AA88BD color

#AA88BD color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#AA88BD falls into the Violet Color Family — Mild Saturation, Very Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(170, 136, 189) — 66.7% red, 53.3% green, 74.1% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 7 / 21 / 0 / 26. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

The color #AA88BD reads as a moderately toned twilight violet and has a delicate, washed-out lightness. Designers typically reach for tones like this for airy backdrops, whitespace-heavy designs and gentle gradients. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from East Side (#AA8CBC). Slightly further away sit African Violet (#B284BE) and Cool Violet (#A189BA).

The recipe behind #AA88BD is rgb(170, 136, 189), with blue as the dominant ingredient. On this background, black text reaches a 7.0:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AA); white stays at 3.0:1. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #AA88BD is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#AA88BD color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

#AA88BD color tints

Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
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White

#FFFFFF

#AA88BD color shades

Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
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Black

#000000

#AA88BD color tones

Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
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Grey

#808080

#AA88BD color hues

A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
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#AA88BD color harmonies

Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.

Complementary

Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.

Complementary color schemes
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#9CBE89
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Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme
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#89BE90
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#B7BE89
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Analogous

Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.

Analogous color scheme
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Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme
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#BEAA89
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Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme
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Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme
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Nearest named colors to #AA88BD

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

East Side color link
East Side

#AA8CBC

African Violet color link
African Violet

#B284BE

Cool Violet color link
Cool Violet

#A189BA

Cold Purple color link
Cold Purple

#9D8ABF

Glossy Grape color link
Glossy Grape

#AB92B3

Marionette color link
Marionette

#AB94B3

Heather color link
Heather

#A484AC

Dusty Lavender color link
Dusty Lavender

#AC86A8

Sabrina Violet color link
Sabrina Violet

#A285D1

London Hue color link
London Hue

#AE94AB

Wonderland color link
Wonderland

#BB97BB

Unicorn color link
Unicorn

#9F90D0

#AA88BD color backgrounds & wallpapers

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Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#AA88BD
  • RGB170, 136, 189
  • CMYK7, 21, 0, 26
  • CSSrgb(170, 136, 189)
  • HSL278°, 29%, 64%
  • HSL Precise278.491°, 28.649%, 63.725%
  • HSV278°, 28%, 74%
  • HSB278°, 28%, 74%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.667
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.533
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.741
  • GLSLvec3(0.667, 0.533, 0.741)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.667, 0.533, 0.741, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.667, 0.533, 0.741)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB66.7%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB53.3%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB74.1%
  • Color FamilyViolet
  • Saturation FamilyMild Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyVery Light
  • HEX IDAA88BD
  • DECIMAL ID11176125
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
  • Seen by search & AI crawlers22 times
  • Counting from2025-01-01

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