Electric Purple#AA23FF

#AA23FF is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.287 H 306.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Electric Purple — editorial page

Color values

HEX	#AA23FF
RGB	rgb(170, 35, 255)
HSL	hsl(277, 100%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(277, 86%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.3%, 86.3%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.22, 82.34, -81.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.22, 115.54, 315.45°)
OKLab	oklab(59.19% 0.1698 -0.2311)
OKLCH	oklch(59.19% 0.287 306.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.2246, 16.9685, 96.0079)
Luminance	0.1697 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA23FF #78FF23

analogous

#3C23FF #AA23FF #FF23E6

triadic

#AA23FF #FFAA23 #23FFAA

tetradic

#AA23FF #FF3C23 #78FF23 #23E6FF

square

#AA23FF #FF3C23 #78FF23 #23E6FF

split-complementary

#AA23FF #E6FF23 #23FF3C

monochromatic

#6700A8 #8C00E5 #AA23FF #C260FF #D99DFF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.78

#AA23FF on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.39

#AA23FF on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AA23FF

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA23FF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AA23FF	1.00	4.78	4.39	4.78
#FFFFFF	4.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006FFF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0073FB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A6699

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa23ff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 35, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.287 306.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb74ff',
    500: '#aa23ff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa23ff;
$custom-light: #cb74ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa23ff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.818,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59186,
    "c": 0.28675,
    "h": 306.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16968
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA23FF

secondary

#B5EC92

accent

#FF297C

background

#FDF7FF

surface

#FAEEFF

border

#D3C9D7

text

#140A18

muted

#837C86

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA23FF

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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