#AA51BB#AA51BB

#AA51BB is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.180; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.178 H 321.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA51BB
RGB	rgb(170, 81, 187)
HSL	hsl(290, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(290, 57%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.1%, 56.7%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.52, 52.20, -40.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.52, 65.93, 322.35°)
OKLab	oklab(58.69% 0.1381 -0.1119)
OKLCH	oklch(58.69% 0.178 321)
XYZ	xyz(28.4886, 18.0201, 48.9817)
Luminance	0.1802 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA51BB #62BB51

analogous

#7551BB #AA51BB #BB5197

triadic

#AA51BB #BBAA51 #51BBAA

tetradic

#AA51BB #BB7551 #62BB51 #5197BB

square

#AA51BB #BB7551 #62BB51 #5197BB

split-complementary

#AA51BB #97BB51 #51BB75

monochromatic

#5E2969 #863A95 #AA51BB #BF7DCC #D5A9DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.56

#AA51BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.60

#AA51BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA51BB

4.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA51BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA51BB	1.00	4.56	4.60	4.60
#FFFFFF	4.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3D6FBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B79B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB617E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa51bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 81, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.178 321.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c686d0',
    500: '#aa51bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa51bb;
$custom-light: #c686d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa51bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.377,
    "s": 43.802,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58688,
    "c": 0.17769,
    "h": 321
  },
  "luminance": 0.18019
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA51BB

secondary

#A4CB9D

accent

#D45469

background

#FCF8FC

surface

#F8F0F9

border

#D1CBD2

text

#130B14

muted

#827C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA51BB

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

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