#AA48DD#AA48DD

#AA48DD is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.184; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.223 H 311.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA48DD
RGB	rgb(170, 72, 221)
HSL	hsl(279, 69%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(279, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.1%, 67.4%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.98, 63.23, -59.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.98, 86.53, 316.95°)
OKLab	oklab(59.65% 0.1485 -0.1667)
OKLCH	oklch(59.65% 0.223 311.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.9437, 18.4020, 70.2618)
Luminance	0.1840 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA48DD #7BDD48

analogous

#5F48DD #AA48DD #DD48C6

triadic

#AA48DD #DDAA48 #48DDAA

tetradic

#AA48DD #DD5F48 #7BDD48 #48C6DD

square

#AA48DD #DD5F48 #7BDD48 #48C6DD

split-complementary

#AA48DD #C6DD48 #48DD5F

monochromatic

#681B90 #8D24C3 #AA48DD #C27CE7 #DAAFF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.49

#AA48DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.68

#AA48DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA48DD

4.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA48DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA48DD	1.00	4.49	4.68	4.68
#FFFFFF	4.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0072E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3779DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4678D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa48dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 72, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.223 311.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c782e8',
    500: '#aa48dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa48dd;
$custom-light: #c782e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa48dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.463,
    "s": 68.664,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59653,
    "c": 0.2233,
    "h": 311.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.18401
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA48DD

secondary

#B7DEA2

accent

#EC3C78

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9EFFD

border

#D2CAD5

text

#140B16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA48DD

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

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