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#aa5588

a balanced, soft magenta / pink · warm · closest name: plum

RGB
170, 85, 136
HSL
324°, 33%, 50%
CMYK
0, 50, 20, 33
Luminance
0.1682

Every format

HEX#aa5588
RGBrgb(170, 85, 136)
HSLhsl(324, 33%, 50%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 50%, 20%, 33%)
LABlab(48.0 41.2 -12.5)
LCHlch(48.0 43.0 343.1)
OKLCHoklch(0.569 0.127 345.0)

Copy-ready code

/* CSS */
color: #aa5588;
background-color: #aa5588;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#aa5588] bg-[#aa5588]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #aa5588;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.667, green: 0.333, blue: 0.533)
/* Android */
Color.parseColor("#aa5588")

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#aa5588 on white: 4.81:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#aa5588 on black: 4.36:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
true color
protanopia
deuteranopia
tritanopia

RGB percentages

Red66.7%
Green33.3%
Blue53.3%

CMYK percentages

Cyan0.0%
Magenta50.0%
Yellow20.0%
Key (black)33.3%

Color previews

#aa5588 text on a black background

contrast 4.36:1

Card sample

#aa5588 text on a white background

contrast 4.81:1

Card sample

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #aa5588;
Background color
Panel with #aa5588 background
background-color: #aa5588;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #aa5588;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(170, 85, 136, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(170, 85, 136, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #aa5588;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aa5588, #AA5B55);

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #aa5588

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Hue & tone neighbors

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Work with #aa5588 in the Color Lab