#AA4AD8#AA4AD8

#AA4AD8 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.184; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.216 H 312.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA4AD8
RGB	rgb(170, 74, 216)
HSL	hsl(281, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(281, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.3%, 65.7%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.98, 61.32, -56.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.98, 83.19, 317.48°)
OKLab	oklab(59.55% 0.1467 -0.1584)
OKLCH	oklch(59.55% 0.216 312.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.4188, 18.4024, 66.8494)
Luminance	0.1840 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA4AD8 #78D84A

analogous

#634AD8 #AA4AD8 #D84ABF

triadic

#AA4AD8 #D8AA4A #4AD8AA

tetradic

#AA4AD8 #D8634A #78D84A #4ABFD8

square

#AA4AD8 #D8634A #78D84A #4ABFD8

split-complementary

#AA4AD8 #BFD84A #4AD863

monochromatic

#671E8A #8C29BC #AA4AD8 #C27CE3 #D9AFEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.49

#AA4AD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.68

#AA4AD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA4AD8

4.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA4AD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA4AD8	1.00	4.49	4.68	4.68
#FFFFFF	4.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0072DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F79D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5668B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa4ad8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 74, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.216 312.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c783e5',
    500: '#aa4ad8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa4ad8;
$custom-light: #c783e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa4ad8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.563,
    "s": 64.545,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59553,
    "c": 0.21592,
    "h": 312.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.18401
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA4AD8

secondary

#B5DCA2

accent

#E84076

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9EFFC

border

#D2CAD5

text

#130B16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA4AD8

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

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