#AA499D#AA499D

#AA499D is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.157; OKLCH L 56.1% C 0.163 H 333.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#AA499D
RGBrgb(170, 73, 157)
HSLhsl(308, 40%, 48%)
HSVhsv(308, 57%, 67%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 57.1%, 7.6%, 33.3%)
CIE-LABlab(46.64, 50.55, -27.17)
CIE-LCHlch(46.64, 57.39, 331.75°)
OKLaboklab(56.1% 0.1452 -0.0741)
OKLCHoklch(56.1% 0.163 333)
XYZxyz(25.0459, 15.7472, 33.6121)
Luminance0.1575 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familypurple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#AA499D #49AA56
analogous
#8649AA #AA499D #AA496D
triadic
#AA499D #9DAA49 #499DAA
tetradic
#AA499D #AA8649 #49AA56 #496DAA
square
#AA499D #AA8649 #49AA56 #496DAA
split-complementary
#AA499D #6DAA49 #49AA86
monochromatic
#54244E #7F3775 #AA499D #C16FB6 #D49ACC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.06
#AA499D on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.15
#AA499D on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AA499D
5.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##AA499D#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##AA499D1.005.064.155.06
#FFFFFF5.061.0021.001.00
#0000004.1521.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF5.061.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#4766A0
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#64749A
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#B1506C
Achromatopsia (no color)
#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #aa499d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 73, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.1% 0.163 333.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c681ba',
    500: '#aa499d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #aa499d;
$custom-light: #c681ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#aa499d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308.041,
    "s": 39.918,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.561,
    "c": 0.163,
    "h": 333
  },
  "luminance": 0.15745
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#AA499D
secondary
#8FC095
accent
#D06858
background
#FCF8FB
surface
#F8EFF6
border
#D1CAD0
text
#130B11
muted
#827C80

Preview Lab

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#AA499D Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva