#AA45E6#AA45E6

#AA45E6 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.236 H 309.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA45E6
RGB	rgb(170, 69, 230)
HSL	hsl(278, 76%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(278, 70%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.1%, 70%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.12, 66.39, -63.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.12, 92.18, 316.07°)
OKLab	oklab(59.94% 0.1506 -0.181)
OKLCH	oklch(59.94% 0.236 309.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.9858, 18.5161, 76.6839)
Luminance	0.1852 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA45E6 #81E645

analogous

#5945E6 #AA45E6 #E645D1

triadic

#AA45E6 #E6AA45 #45E6AA

tetradic

#AA45E6 #E65945 #81E645 #45D1E6

square

#AA45E6 #E65945 #81E645 #45D1E6

split-complementary

#AA45E6 #D1E645 #45E659

monochromatic

#69159C #8E1CD2 #AA45E6 #C37BED #DBB1F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.47

#AA45E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.70

#AA45E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA45E6

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA45E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA45E6	1.00	4.47	4.70	4.70
#FFFFFF	4.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0073EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2579E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A16991

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa45e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 69, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.236 309.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c881ef',
    500: '#aa45e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa45e6;
$custom-light: #c881ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa45e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.64,
    "s": 76.303,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59937,
    "c": 0.23552,
    "h": 309.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.18515
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA45E6

secondary

#BBE3A4

accent

#F3357C

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9EFFD

border

#D2CAD5

text

#140B16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA45E6

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

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