#AA50E6#AA50E6

#AA50E6 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.200; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.222 H 308.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA50E6
RGB	rgb(170, 80, 230)
HSL	hsl(276, 75%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(276, 65%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.1%, 65.2%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.83, 61.59, -61.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.83, 86.81, 315.19°)
OKLab	oklab(61.17% 0.1392 -0.173)
OKLCH	oklch(61.17% 0.222 308.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.7263, 19.9971, 76.9307)
Luminance	0.2000 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA50E6 #8CE650

analogous

#5F50E6 #AA50E6 #E650D7

triadic

#AA50E6 #E6AA50 #50E6AA

tetradic

#AA50E6 #E65F50 #8CE650 #50D7E6

square

#AA50E6 #E65F50 #8CE650 #50D7E6

split-complementary

#AA50E6 #D7E650 #50E65F

monochromatic

#6C17A4 #8F1FDA #AA50E6 #C486EE #DEBBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.20

#AA50E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.00

#AA50E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA50E6

5.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA50E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA50E6	1.00	4.20	5.00	5.00
#FFFFFF	4.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0078EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#367DE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A16F94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa50e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 80, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.222 308.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c887ef',
    500: '#aa50e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa50e6;
$custom-light: #c887ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa50e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61166,
    "c": 0.22199,
    "h": 308.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.19997
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA50E6

secondary

#C3E5AC

accent

#D70E5F

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA50E6

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

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