#AA51C8#AA51C8

#AA51C8 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.190 H 316.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA51C8
RGB	rgb(170, 81, 200)
HSL	hsl(285, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(285, 60%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(15%, 59.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.22, 54.80, -46.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.22, 71.99, 319.57°)
OKLab	oklab(59.42% 0.1387 -0.1305)
OKLCH	oklch(59.42% 0.19 316.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.9438, 18.6021, 56.6456)
Luminance	0.1860 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA51C8 #6FC851

analogous

#6F51C8 #AA51C8 #C851AA

triadic

#AA51C8 #C8AA51 #51C8AA

tetradic

#AA51C8 #C86F51 #6FC851 #51AAC8

square

#AA51C8 #C86F51 #6FC851 #51AAC8

split-complementary

#AA51C8 #AAC851 #51C86F

monochromatic

#642679 #8A35A7 #AA51C8 #C180D7 #D7AEE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.45

#AA51C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.72

#AA51C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA51C8

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA51C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA51C8	1.00	4.45	4.72	4.72
#FFFFFF	4.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3072CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#537AC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A96585

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa51c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 81, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.190 316.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c687d9',
    500: '#aa51c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa51c8;
$custom-light: #c687d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa51c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.874,
    "s": 51.965,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59424,
    "c": 0.19049,
    "h": 316.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.18601
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA51C8

secondary

#AED3A1

accent

#DB4C70

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F8F0FA

border

#D1CBD3

text

#130C15

muted

#827D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA51C8

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

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