#AA4AE1#AA4AE1

#AA4AE1 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.225 H 310.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA4AE1
RGB	rgb(170, 74, 225)
HSL	hsl(278, 72%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(278, 67%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.4%, 67.1%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.55, 63.21, -60.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.55, 87.44, 316.29°)
OKLab	oklab(60.14% 0.1461 -0.1707)
OKLCH	oklch(60.14% 0.225 310.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.6143, 18.8806, 73.1458)
Luminance	0.1888 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA4AE1 #81E14A

analogous

#5E4AE1 #AA4AE1 #E14ACC

triadic

#AA4AE1 #E1AA4A #4AE1AA

tetradic

#AA4AE1 #E15E4A #81E14A #4ACCE1

square

#AA4AE1 #E15E4A #81E14A #4ACCE1

split-complementary

#AA4AE1 #CCE14A #4AE15E

monochromatic

#691997 #8E22CC #AA4AE1 #C37EEA #DBB3F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.40

#AA4AE1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.78

#AA4AE1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA4AE1

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA4AE1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA4AE1	1.00	4.40	4.78	4.78
#FFFFFF	4.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0074E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#347ADE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A36A90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa4ae1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 74, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.225 310.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c883eb',
    500: '#aa4ae1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa4ae1;
$custom-light: #c883eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa4ae1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.146,
    "s": 71.564,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60141,
    "c": 0.22467,
    "h": 310.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.1888
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA4AE1

secondary

#BBE1A6

accent

#EE397B

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9EFFD

border

#D2CAD5

text

#140B16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA4AE1

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

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