#AA48E2#AA48E2

#AA48E2 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.187; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.228 H 310.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA48E2
RGB	rgb(170, 72, 226)
HSL	hsl(278, 73%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(278, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.8%, 68.1%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.30, 64.28, -61.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.30, 88.89, 316.32°)
OKLab	oklab(59.99% 0.1481 -0.1735)
OKLCH	oklch(59.99% 0.228 310.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.6198, 18.6725, 73.8225)
Luminance	0.1867 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA48E2 #80E248

analogous

#5D48E2 #AA48E2 #E248CD

triadic

#AA48E2 #E2AA48 #48E2AA

tetradic

#AA48E2 #E25D48 #80E248 #48CDE2

square

#AA48E2 #E25D48 #80E248 #48CDE2

split-complementary

#AA48E2 #CDE248 #48E25D

monochromatic

#691898 #8E20CC #AA48E2 #C37DEA #DBB2F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.44

#AA48E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.73

#AA48E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA48E2

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA48E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA48E2	1.00	4.44	4.73	4.73
#FFFFFF	4.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0073E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3079DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A26990

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa48e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 72, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.228 310.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c882ec',
    500: '#aa48e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa48e2;
$custom-light: #c882ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa48e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.182,
    "s": 72.642,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59985,
    "c": 0.22811,
    "h": 310.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.18672
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA48E2

secondary

#BBE1A4

accent

#EF387B

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9EFFD

border

#D2CAD5

text

#140B16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA48E2

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

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