#AA4EE5#AA4EE5

#AA4EE5 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.197; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.224 H 309.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA4EE5
RGB	rgb(170, 78, 229)
HSL	hsl(277, 74%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(277, 66%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.8%, 65.9%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.44, 62.28, -61.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.44, 87.35, 315.48°)
OKLab	oklab(60.86% 0.1414 -0.1731)
OKLCH	oklch(60.86% 0.224 309.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.4420, 19.6526, 76.1452)
Luminance	0.1965 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA4EE5 #89E54E

analogous

#5E4EE5 #AA4EE5 #E54ED5

triadic

#AA4EE5 #E5AA4E #4EE5AA

tetradic

#AA4EE5 #E55E4E #89E54E #4ED5E5

square

#AA4EE5 #E55E4E #89E54E #4ED5E5

split-complementary

#AA4EE5 #D5E54E #4EE55E

monochromatic

#6B18A1 #8F1FD6 #AA4EE5 #C483ED #DDB9F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.26

#AA4EE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.93

#AA4EE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA4EE5

4.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA4EE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA4EE5	1.00	4.26	4.93	4.93
#FFFFFF	4.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0077EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#347CE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A16E93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa4ee5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 78, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.224 309.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c886ee',
    500: '#aa4ee5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa4ee5;
$custom-light: #c886ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa4ee5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.556,
    "s": 74.384,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60864,
    "c": 0.22356,
    "h": 309.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.19652
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA4EE5

secondary

#C1E4AA

accent

#D70F5D

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA4EE5

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

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