#AA4AE5#AA4AE5

#AA4AE5 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.191; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.229 H 309.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA4AE5
RGB	rgb(170, 74, 229)
HSL	hsl(277, 75%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(277, 68%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.8%, 67.7%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.81, 64.06, -62.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.81, 89.34, 315.81°)
OKLab	oklab(60.41% 0.1457 -0.1761)
OKLCH	oklch(60.41% 0.229 309.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.1664, 19.1014, 76.0533)
Luminance	0.1910 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA4AE5 #85E54A

analogous

#5D4AE5 #AA4AE5 #E54AD3

triadic

#AA4AE5 #E5AA4A #4AE5AA

tetradic

#AA4AE5 #E55D4A #85E54A #4AD3E5

square

#AA4AE5 #E55D4A #85E54A #4AD3E5

split-complementary

#AA4AE5 #D3E54A #4AE55D

monochromatic

#6A179E #8F1ED3 #AA4AE5 #C380ED #DCB5F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.36

#AA4AE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.82

#AA4AE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA4AE5

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA4AE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA4AE5	1.00	4.36	4.82	4.82
#FFFFFF	4.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0075EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2F7AE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A26B92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa4ae5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 74, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.229 309.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c883ee',
    500: '#aa4ae5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa4ae5;
$custom-light: #c883ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa4ae5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.161,
    "s": 74.879,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60408,
    "c": 0.22858,
    "h": 309.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.19101
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA4AE5

secondary

#BEE4A7

accent

#F1367E

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140B16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA4AE5

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

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