#AA4CDE#AA4CDE

#AA4CDE is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.219 H 311.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA4CDE
RGB	rgb(170, 76, 222)
HSL	hsl(279, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(279, 66%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.4%, 65.8%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.67, 61.69, -58.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.67, 85.03, 316.51°)
OKLab	oklab(60.17% 0.1441 -0.1651)
OKLCH	oklch(60.17% 0.219 311.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.3444, 18.9896, 71.0546)
Luminance	0.1899 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA4CDE #80DE4C

analogous

#614CDE #AA4CDE #DE4CC9

triadic

#AA4CDE #DEAA4C #4CDEAA

tetradic

#AA4CDE #DE614C #80DE4C #4CC9DE

square

#AA4CDE #DE614C #80DE4C #4CC9DE

split-complementary

#AA4CDE #C9DE4C #4CDE61

monochromatic

#691B94 #8E25C8 #AA4CDE #C380E8 #DBB3F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.38

#AA4CDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.80

#AA4CDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA4CDE

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA4CDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA4CDE	1.00	4.38	4.80	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.38	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)

#0074E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3B7ADB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A36A8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa4cde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 76, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.219 311.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c784e9',
    500: '#aa4cde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa4cde;
$custom-light: #c784e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa4cde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.63,
    "s": 68.868,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60172,
    "c": 0.2192,
    "h": 311.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.18989
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA4CDE

secondary

#BBE0A6

accent

#EC3C7B

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140B16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA4CDE

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

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