#AA44E5#AA44E5

#AA44E5 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.183; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.236 H 310.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA44E5
RGB	rgb(170, 68, 229)
HSL	hsl(278, 76%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(278, 70%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.8%, 70.3%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.90, 66.59, -63.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.90, 92.17, 316.26°)
OKLab	oklab(59.76% 0.1518 -0.1804)
OKLCH	oklch(59.76% 0.236 310.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.7848, 18.3381, 75.9261)
Luminance	0.1834 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA44E5 #7FE544

analogous

#5944E5 #AA44E5 #E544D0

triadic

#AA44E5 #E5AA44 #44E5AA

tetradic

#AA44E5 #E55944 #7FE544 #44D0E5

square

#AA44E5 #E55944 #7FE544 #44D0E5

split-complementary

#AA44E5 #D0E544 #44E559

monochromatic

#691599 #8E1DCF #AA44E5 #C27AEC #DBAFF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.50

#AA44E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.67

#AA44E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA44E5

4.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA44E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA44E5	1.00	4.50	4.67	4.67
#FFFFFF	4.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0072EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2578E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A26890

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa44e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 68, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.236 310.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c880ee',
    500: '#aa44e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa44e5;
$custom-light: #c880ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa44e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.012,
    "s": 75.587,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59764,
    "c": 0.23572,
    "h": 310.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.18337
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA44E5

secondary

#BAE2A2

accent

#F2367B

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9EFFD

border

#D2CAD5

text

#140B16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA44E5

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

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