#AA4AE4#AA4AE4

#AA4AE4 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.228 H 309.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA4AE4
RGB	rgb(170, 74, 228)
HSL	hsl(277, 74%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(277, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.4%, 67.5%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.74, 63.84, -61.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.74, 88.86, 315.93°)
OKLab	oklab(60.34% 0.1458 -0.1748)
OKLCH	oklch(60.34% 0.228 309.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.0272, 19.0457, 75.3201)
Luminance	0.1905 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA4AE4 #84E44A

analogous

#5D4AE4 #AA4AE4 #E44AD1

triadic

#AA4AE4 #E4AA4A #4AE4AA

tetradic

#AA4AE4 #E45D4A #84E44A #4AD1E4

square

#AA4AE4 #E45D4A #84E44A #4AD1E4

split-complementary

#AA4AE4 #D1E44A #4AE45D

monochromatic

#6A179C #8E1FD2 #AA4AE4 #C37FEC #DCB5F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.37

#AA4AE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.81

#AA4AE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA4AE4

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA4AE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA4AE4	1.00	4.37	4.81	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0075E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#307AE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A26B91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa4ae4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 74, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.228 309.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c883ed',
    500: '#aa4ae4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa4ae4;
$custom-light: #c883ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa4ae4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.403,
    "s": 74.038,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60341,
    "c": 0.2276,
    "h": 309.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.19045
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA4AE4

secondary

#BDE3A7

accent

#F1377D

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9EFFD

border

#D2CAD5

text

#140B16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA4AE4

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

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