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#AA76FD — Light Vivid Purple

#AA76FD 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 #AA76FD 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.

#AA76FD 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 #CAFD77; it also sits naturally between #7787FD and #ED77FD. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#AA76FD · RGB 170, 118, 253

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Color values

HEX#AA76FD
RGB170, 118, 253
HSL263°, 97%, 73%
HSV263°, 53%, 99%
CMYK33%, 53%, 0%, 1%
XYZ40.79, 28.59, 96.30
Yxy28.59, 0.2462, 0.1726
CIE-Lab60.42, 47.73, -60.21
Hunter Lab53.47, 46.14, -75.03

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 #AA76FD on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #AA76FD on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #AA76FD

.text { color: #AA76FD; }
.background { background-color: #AA76FD; }
.border { border: 3px solid #AA76FD; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(170, 118, 253); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(263, 97%, 73%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #AA76FD; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(170, 118, 253, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #AA76FD; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(170, 118, 253, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#AA76FD">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#AA76FD">Div content here</div>

Shades of #AA76FD

#9554FC#7F31FC#690EFB#5903E2#4D03C4#3F02A1#31027E#24015A#160137#080014

Tints of #AA76FD

#B181FD#BA90FD#C09BFD#C7A5FE#D0B4FE#D6BEFE#DDC8FE#E3D2FE#ECE1FF#F2EBFF

Tones of #AA76FD

#AD81F3#AF8BEA#B194E0#B39DD7#B6A7CD#B8B1C4

Color harmonies

Complementary — #CAFD77:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text3.13:1 AA large only
Against black text6.72:1 AA

Best text color on #AA76FD: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #AA76FD

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 #AA76FD: ·

How #AA76FD 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 · #979AD5Tritanopia · #A7C3BD

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 #AA76FD rather than the exact color:

Dusty Horizon
#3595DD · #1D2FE0 · #A573F2 · #D835F0
Palette 7f27ff
#7F27FF · #9F70FD · #FDBF60 · #FF8911
Golden Summit
#4717CB · #AA72EF · #B9E936 · #DCEC96
Palette C2ffff
#C2FFFF · #8BDEFF · #A888FF · #26466F
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:

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

Browse neighbouring colors

← #AA76FC  ·  #AA76FE →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #AA76FD?

#AA76FD is Light Vivid Purple, a purple color (RGB 170, 118, 253). Its closest standard named color is Orchid.

What is the RGB and HSL of #AA76FD?

#AA76FD is RGB 170, 118, 253 — HSL 263°, 97%, 73% — CMYK 33%, 53%, 0%, 1%.

What colors go with #AA76FD?

Its complement is #CAFD77; analogous partners are #7787FD and #ED77FD. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #AA76FD for text?

Black text on #AA76FD has a contrast ratio of 6.72:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 3.13:1.