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#AA73FD — Light Vivid Purple

#AA73FD is a purple color we call Light Vivid Purple, closest to the named color Orchid (#DA70D6). It belongs to the purple family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: orchid (#DA70D6) — not an exact match. CSS orchid gives you #DA70D6, a different color; use #AA73FD when you need this exact shade.

Sources: common names follow widely used color-name references; CSS keywords and their hex values follow the CSS Color specification.

#AA73FD is a cool purple color associated with luxury, creativity and mystery. It is saturated enough to be the accent — buttons, highlights and calls to action — while neutrals do the quiet work around it.

Its strongest partner is its complement #C5FD72; it also sits naturally between #7280FD and #EF72FD. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#AA73FD · RGB 170, 115, 253

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Color values

HEX#AA73FD
RGB170, 115, 253
HSL264°, 97%, 72%
HSV264°, 55%, 99%
CMYK33%, 55%, 0%, 1%
XYZ40.44, 27.90, 96.18
Yxy27.90, 0.2458, 0.1696
CIE-Lab59.80, 49.34, -61.21
Hunter Lab52.82, 47.79, -76.71

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 67% · Green 45% · Blue 99%

Cyan 33% · Magenta 55% · Yellow 0% · Key 1%

CMYK values are unprofiled approximations for screen reference — not a print-proofing guarantee.

Previews

Sample text in #AA73FD on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #AA73FD on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #AA73FD

.text { color: #AA73FD; }
.background { background-color: #AA73FD; }
.border { border: 3px solid #AA73FD; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(170, 115, 253); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(264, 97%, 72%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #AA73FD; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(170, 115, 253, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #AA73FD; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(170, 115, 253, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#AA73FD">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#AA73FD">Div content here</div>

Shades of #AA73FD

#944FFC#7F2CFC#6D0EFB#5C03E2#4E03BF#40029C#310279#25015A#170137#080014

Tints of #AA73FD

#B07CFD#B98BFD#BF96FD#C8A5FE#CEAFFE#D4B9FE#DEC8FE#E4D2FE#EDE1FF#F3EBFF

Tones of #AA73FD

#AC7CF3#AE86E9#B090DF#B29AD6#B4A4CC#B6AEC2

Color harmonies

Complementary — #C5FD72:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text3.19:1 AA large only
Against black text6.58:1 AA

Best text color on #AA73FD: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #AA73FD

Text set with opacity blends into the background, so its real contrast is lower than the solid ratios above. Choose a text color and an opacity to see the blended color and its true ratio:

100%
Sample heading text
Smaller body text shows the effect best.

Blended color: · Contrast against #AA73FD: ·

How #AA73FD looks with color blindness

Simulated with standard Machado color-vision-deficiency matrices — useful when this color carries meaning in charts, maps or interfaces:

Protanopia · #9292DCDeuteranopia · #959AD4Tritanopia · #A7C1BB

Closest design-system colors

The nearest matches in the Tailwind CSS, Material Design and Bootstrap palettes — handy when you need a framework class instead of a raw hex:

Tailwind purple 500 · #A855F7Tailwind violet 500 · #8B5CF6Tailwind fuchsia 500 · #D946EF

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #AA73FD rather than the exact color:

Palette 7f27ff
#7F27FF · #9F70FD · #FDBF60 · #FF8911
Dusty Horizon
#3595DD · #1D2FE0 · #A573F2 · #D835F0
Golden Summit
#4717CB · #AA72EF · #B9E936 · #DCEC96
Palette Ffee7d
#FFEE7D · #534C98 · #B767FF · #44FADD
Velvet Ruby Horizon
#1838A7 · #482FE1 · #AE72EB · #E7A5F2
Palette Ffa1f5
#FFA1F5 · #BC7AF9 · #F8FF95 · #A6FF96

Similar colors

The closest colors that actually appear in our palette collection — click any to open its page:

#9F70FD#A573F2#AA72EF#B767FF#AE72EB#BC7AF9#9A75F1#A888FF#BC6FF1#B983FF#B375E9#B088F9

Browse neighbouring colors

← #AA73FC  ·  #AA73FE →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #AA73FD?

#AA73FD is Light Vivid Purple, a purple color (RGB 170, 115, 253). Its closest standard named color is Orchid.

What is the RGB and HSL of #AA73FD?

#AA73FD is RGB 170, 115, 253 — HSL 264°, 97%, 72% — CMYK 33%, 55%, 0%, 1%.

What colors go with #AA73FD?

Its complement is #C5FD72; analogous partners are #7280FD and #EF72FD. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #AA73FD for text?

Black text on #AA73FD has a contrast ratio of 6.58:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 3.19:1.