#AA50E2#AA50E2

#AA50E2 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.198; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.218 H 309.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA50E2
RGB	rgb(170, 80, 226)
HSL	hsl(277, 72%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(277, 65%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.8%, 64.6%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.58, 60.73, -59.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.58, 84.90, 315.67°)
OKLab	oklab(60.9% 0.1394 -0.1675)
OKLCH	oklch(60.9% 0.218 309.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.1710, 19.7750, 74.0063)
Luminance	0.1977 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA50E2 #88E250

analogous

#6150E2 #AA50E2 #E250D1

triadic

#AA50E2 #E2AA50 #50E2AA

tetradic

#AA50E2 #E26150 #88E250 #50D1E2

square

#AA50E2 #E26150 #88E250 #50D1E2

split-complementary

#AA50E2 #D1E250 #50E261

monochromatic

#6B1A9E #8F23D2 #AA50E2 #C384EB #DDB9F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.24

#AA50E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.95

#AA50E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA50E2

4.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA50E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA50E2	1.00	4.24	4.95	4.95
#FFFFFF	4.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0077E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3B7CDF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A26E92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa50e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 80, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.218 309.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c787ec',
    500: '#aa50e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa50e2;
$custom-light: #c787ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa50e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.986,
    "s": 71.569,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60904,
    "c": 0.21797,
    "h": 309.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.19774
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA50E2

secondary

#C0E3AB

accent

#EE397F

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA50E2

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

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