#AA44DB#AA44DB

#AA44DB is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.178; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.226 H 312.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA44DB
RGB	rgb(170, 68, 219)
HSL	hsl(281, 68%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(281, 69%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.4%, 68.9%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.25, 64.51, -59.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.25, 87.50, 317.50°)
OKLab	oklab(59.09% 0.1529 -0.1668)
OKLCH	oklch(59.09% 0.226 312.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.4286, 17.7956, 68.7834)
Luminance	0.1779 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA44DB #75DB44

analogous

#5F44DB #AA44DB #DB44C1

triadic

#AA44DB #DBAA44 #44DBAA

tetradic

#AA44DB #DB5F44 #75DB44 #44C1DB

square

#AA44DB #DB5F44 #75DB44 #44C1DB

split-complementary

#AA44DB #C1DB44 #44DB5F

monochromatic

#661B8A #8C24BD #AA44DB #C177E5 #D9ABEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.61

#AA44DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.56

#AA44DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AA44DB

4.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA44DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AA44DB	1.00	4.61	4.56	4.61
#FFFFFF	4.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0070DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3577D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4648B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa44db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 68, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.226 312.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c880e7',
    500: '#aa44db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa44db;
$custom-light: #c880e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa44db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.53,
    "s": 67.713,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59088,
    "c": 0.2263,
    "h": 312.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.17795
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA44DB

secondary

#B2DC9E

accent

#EB3D75

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9EFFC

border

#D2CAD5

text

#140B16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA44DB

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

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