#AA49E1#AA49E1

#AA49E1 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.187; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.226 H 310.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA49E1
RGB	rgb(170, 73, 225)
HSL	hsl(278, 72%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(278, 68%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.4%, 67.6%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.39, 63.64, -60.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.39, 87.93, 316.37°)
OKLab	oklab(60.03% 0.1471 -0.1714)
OKLCH	oklch(60.03% 0.226 310.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.5481, 18.7481, 73.1237)
Luminance	0.1875 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA49E1 #80E149

analogous

#5E49E1 #AA49E1 #E149CC

triadic

#AA49E1 #E1AA49 #49E1AA

tetradic

#AA49E1 #E15E49 #80E149 #49CCE1

square

#AA49E1 #E15E49 #80E149 #49CCE1

split-complementary

#AA49E1 #CCE149 #49E15E

monochromatic

#691997 #8E22CB #AA49E1 #C37EEA #DBB2F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.42

#AA49E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.75

#AA49E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA49E1

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA49E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA49E1	1.00	4.42	4.75	4.75
#FFFFFF	4.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0074E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#337ADE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A36990

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa49e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 73, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.226 310.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c883eb',
    500: '#aa49e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa49e1;
$custom-light: #c883eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa49e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.289,
    "s": 71.698,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60029,
    "c": 0.22592,
    "h": 310.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.18747
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA49E1

secondary

#BBE1A5

accent

#EE397B

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9EFFD

border

#D2CAD5

text

#140B16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA49E1

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

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