#AA37E5#AA37E5

#AA37E5 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.250 H 310.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA37E5
RGB	rgb(170, 55, 229)
HSL	hsl(280, 77%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(280, 76%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.8%, 76%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.18, 71.50, -66.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.18, 97.66, 317.07°)
OKLab	oklab(58.55% 0.1635 -0.1885)
OKLCH	oklch(58.55% 0.25 310.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.0839, 16.9364, 75.6925)
Luminance	0.1694 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA37E5 #72E537

analogous

#5337E5 #AA37E5 #E537C9

triadic

#AA37E5 #E5AA37 #37E5AA

tetradic

#AA37E5 #E55337 #72E537 #37C9E5

square

#AA37E5 #E55337 #72E537 #37C9E5

split-complementary

#AA37E5 #C9E537 #37E553

monochromatic

#65138F #8B1AC5 #AA37E5 #C16DEC #D8A3F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.79

#AA37E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.39

#AA37E5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AA37E5

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA37E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AA37E5	1.00	4.79	4.39	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006DEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0674E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A2618D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa37e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 55, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.250 310.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c97aee',
    500: '#aa37e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa37e5;
$custom-light: #c97aee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa37e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.655,
    "s": 76.991,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58545,
    "c": 0.24954,
    "h": 310.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16936
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA37E5

secondary

#B0E098

accent

#F43475

background

#FCF7FE

surface

#F9EEFD

border

#D2C9D5

text

#140A16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA37E5

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

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