#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
RGB	rgb(170, 73, 230)
HSL	hsl(277, 76%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(277, 68%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.1%, 68.3%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.72, 64.70, -62.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.72, 90.29, 315.77°)
OKLab	oklab(60.37% 0.1466 -0.1782)
OKLCH	oklch(60.37% 0.231 309.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.2402, 19.0249, 76.7687)
Luminance	0.1902 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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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
##AA49E6	1.00	4.37	4.80	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA49E6

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

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