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#AA76FC — Light Vivid Purple

#AA76FC 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 #AA76FC 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.

#AA76FC 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 #CAFC78; it also sits naturally between #7887FC and #ED78FC. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#AA76FC · RGB 170, 118, 252

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Color values

HEX#AA76FC
RGB170, 118, 252
HSL263°, 96%, 73%
HSV263°, 53%, 99%
CMYK33%, 53%, 0%, 1%
XYZ40.63, 28.53, 95.46
Yxy28.53, 0.2468, 0.1733
CIE-Lab60.37, 47.48, -59.75
Hunter Lab53.41, 45.86, -74.23

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 67% · Green 46% · Blue 99%

Cyan 33% · Magenta 53% · Yellow 0% · Key 1%

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

Previews

Sample text in #AA76FC on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #AA76FC on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #AA76FC

.text { color: #AA76FC; }
.background { background-color: #AA76FC; }
.border { border: 3px solid #AA76FC; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(170, 118, 252); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(263, 96%, 73%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #AA76FC; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(170, 118, 252, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #AA76FC; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(170, 118, 252, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#AA76FC">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#AA76FC">Div content here</div>

Shades of #AA76FC

#9555FC#7F32FB#690FFA#5905E1#4D04C3#3F03A0#31037D#24025A#160137#080014

Tints of #AA76FC

#B182FC#BA91FD#C19BFD#C7A5FD#D0B4FD#D6BEFE#DDC8FE#E3D2FE#ECE1FE#F3EBFF

Tones of #AA76FC

#AD82F3#AF8BEA#B194E0#B49ED6#B6A8CD#B8B1C4

Color harmonies

Complementary — #CAFC78:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text3.13:1 AA large only
Against black text6.71:1 AA

Best text color on #AA76FC: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #AA76FC

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 #AA76FC: ·

How #AA76FC looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #9393DCDeuteranopia · #979AD4Tritanopia · #A7C2BC

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 #AA76FC rather than the exact color:

Dusty Horizon
#3595DD · #1D2FE0 · #A573F2 · #D835F0
Palette 7f27ff
#7F27FF · #9F70FD · #FDBF60 · #FF8911
Golden Summit
#4717CB · #AA72EF · #B9E936 · #DCEC96
Velvet Ruby Horizon
#1838A7 · #482FE1 · #AE72EB · #E7A5F2
Palette C2ffff
#C2FFFF · #8BDEFF · #A888FF · #26466F
Palette Ffa1f5
#FFA1F5 · #BC7AF9 · #F8FF95 · #A6FF96

Similar colors

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

#A573F2#9F70FD#AA72EF#AE72EB#A888FF#BC7AF9#B088F9#9A75F1#B983FF#B767FF#B375E9#9C74EB

Browse neighbouring colors

← #AA76FB  ·  #AA76FD →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #AA76FC?

#AA76FC is Light Vivid Purple, a purple color (RGB 170, 118, 252). Its closest standard named color is Orchid.

What is the RGB and HSL of #AA76FC?

#AA76FC is RGB 170, 118, 252 — HSL 263°, 96%, 73% — CMYK 33%, 53%, 0%, 1%.

What colors go with #AA76FC?

Its complement is #CAFC78; analogous partners are #7887FC and #ED78FC. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #AA76FC for text?

Black text on #AA76FC has a contrast ratio of 6.71:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 3.13:1.