#AA49E2#AA49E2

#AA49E2 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.227 H 310.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA49E2
RGB	rgb(170, 73, 226)
HSL	hsl(278, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(278, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.8%, 67.7%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.46, 63.85, -61.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.46, 88.40, 316.24°)
OKLab	oklab(60.1% 0.147 -0.1728)
OKLCH	oklch(60.1% 0.227 310.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.6849, 18.8028, 73.8443)
Luminance	0.1880 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA49E2 #81E249

analogous

#5D49E2 #AA49E2 #E249CE

triadic

#AA49E2 #E2AA49 #49E2AA

tetradic

#AA49E2 #E25D49 #81E249 #49CEE2

square

#AA49E2 #E25D49 #81E249 #49CEE2

split-complementary

#AA49E2 #CEE249 #49E25D

monochromatic

#691898 #8E21CD #AA49E2 #C37EEA #DBB3F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.41

#AA49E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.76

#AA49E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA49E2

4.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA49E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA49E2	1.00	4.41	4.76	4.76
#FFFFFF	4.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0074E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#327ADF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A26A90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa49e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 73, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.227 310.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c883ec',
    500: '#aa49e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa49e2;
$custom-light: #c883ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa49e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.039,
    "s": 72.512,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60096,
    "c": 0.22689,
    "h": 310.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.18802
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA49E2

secondary

#BBE2A5

accent

#EF397B

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9EFFD

border

#D2CAD5

text

#140B16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA49E2

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

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