#AA48E6#AA48E6

#AA48E6 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.232 H 309.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA48E6
RGB	rgb(170, 72, 230)
HSL	hsl(277, 76%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(277, 69%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.1%, 68.7%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.56, 65.13, -63.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.56, 90.77, 315.85°)
OKLab	oklab(60.26% 0.1476 -0.1789)
OKLCH	oklch(60.26% 0.232 309.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.1750, 18.8946, 76.7470)
Luminance	0.1889 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA48E6 #84E648

analogous

#5B48E6 #AA48E6 #E648D3

triadic

#AA48E6 #E6AA48 #48E6AA

tetradic

#AA48E6 #E65B48 #84E648 #48D3E6

square

#AA48E6 #E65B48 #84E648 #48D3E6

split-complementary

#AA48E6 #D3E648 #48E65B

monochromatic

#6A169E #8E1DD4 #AA48E6 #C37EED #DCB4F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.39

#AA48E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.78

#AA48E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA48E6

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA48E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA48E6	1.00	4.39	4.78	4.78
#FFFFFF	4.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0074EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2A7AE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A16B92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa48e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 72, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.232 309.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c882ef',
    500: '#aa48e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa48e6;
$custom-light: #c882ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa48e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.215,
    "s": 75.962,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60256,
    "c": 0.23198,
    "h": 309.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.18894
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA48E6

secondary

#BDE4A6

accent

#F3357D

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9EFFD

border

#D2CAD5

text

#140B16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA48E6

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

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