#AA49E6#AA49E6

#AA49E6 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.231 H 309.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#AA49E6
RGBrgb(170, 73, 230)
HSLhsl(277, 76%, 59%)
HSVhsv(277, 68%, 90%)
CMYKcmyk(26.1%, 68.3%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LABlab(50.72, 64.70, -62.98)
CIE-LCHlch(50.72, 90.29, 315.77°)
OKLaboklab(60.37% 0.1466 -0.1782)
OKLCHoklch(60.37% 0.231 309.4)
XYZxyz(33.2402, 19.0249, 76.7687)
Luminance0.1902 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyviolet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#AA49E6 #85E649
analogous
#5C49E6 #AA49E6 #E649D4
triadic
#AA49E6 #E6AA49 #49E6AA
tetradic
#AA49E6 #E65C49 #85E649 #49D4E6
square
#AA49E6 #E65C49 #85E649 #49D4E6
split-complementary
#AA49E6 #D4E649 #49E65C
monochromatic
#6A169F #8F1DD5 #AA49E6 #C37FED #DCB5F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.37
#AA49E6 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.80
#AA49E6 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA49E6
4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##AA49E6#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##AA49E61.004.374.804.80
#FFFFFF4.371.0021.0021.00
#0000004.8021.001.001.00
##0000004.8021.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#0075EB
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#2B7AE3
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#A16B92
Achromatopsia (no color)
#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #aa49e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 73, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.231 309.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c883ef',
    500: '#aa49e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #aa49e6;
$custom-light: #c883ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#aa49e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.07,
    "s": 75.845,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60365,
    "c": 0.23077,
    "h": 309.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.19024
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#AA49E6
secondary
#BEE4A7
accent
#F2357E
background
#FCF8FE
surface
#F9EFFD
border
#D2CAD5
text
#140B16
muted
#827C84

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#AA49E6 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva