#AA51CC#AA51CC

#AA51CC is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.194 H 315.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA51CC
RGB	rgb(170, 81, 204)
HSL	hsl(283, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(283, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.7%, 60.3%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.44, 55.61, -48.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.44, 73.87, 318.84°)
OKLab	oklab(59.66% 0.1388 -0.1362)
OKLCH	oklch(59.66% 0.194 315.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.4174, 18.7916, 59.1399)
Luminance	0.1879 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA51CC #73CC51

analogous

#6C51CC #AA51CC #CC51B0

triadic

#AA51CC #CCAA51 #51CCAA

tetradic

#AA51CC #CC6C51 #73CC51 #51B0CC

square

#AA51CC #CC6C51 #73CC51 #51B0CC

split-complementary

#AA51CC #B0CC51 #51CC6C

monochromatic

#65257E #8B33AD #AA51CC #C180DA #D8B0E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.41

#AA51CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.76

#AA51CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA51CC

4.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA51CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA51CC	1.00	4.41	4.76	4.76
#FFFFFF	4.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2B73D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#507BC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A86687

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa51cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 81, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.194 315.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c687dc',
    500: '#aa51cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa51cc;
$custom-light: #c687dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa51cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.415,
    "s": 54.667,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59659,
    "c": 0.19448,
    "h": 315.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.18791
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA51CC

secondary

#B1D6A3

accent

#DE4A73

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F8F0FB

border

#D1CBD4

text

#130C15

muted

#827D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA51CC

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

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