#AA51D8#AA51D8

#AA51D8 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.194; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.207 H 312.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA51D8
RGB	rgb(170, 81, 216)
HSL	hsl(280, 63%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(280, 63%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.3%, 62.5%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.14, 58.12, -54.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.14, 79.58, 316.91°)
OKLab	oklab(60.39% 0.1388 -0.153)
OKLCH	oklch(60.39% 0.207 312.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.9124, 19.3896, 67.0139)
Luminance	0.1939 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA51D8 #7FD851

analogous

#6751D8 #AA51D8 #D851C2

triadic

#AA51D8 #D8AA51 #51D8AA

tetradic

#AA51D8 #D86751 #7FD851 #51C2D8

square

#AA51D8 #D86751 #7FD851 #51C2D8

split-complementary

#AA51D8 #C2D851 #51D867

monochromatic

#69208F #8E2BC1 #AA51D8 #C283E3 #DBB5EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.31

#AA51D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.88

#AA51D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA51D8

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA51D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA51D8	1.00	4.31	4.88	4.88
#FFFFFF	4.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1475DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#467CD5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A56B8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa51d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 81, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.207 312.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c787e5',
    500: '#aa51d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa51d8;
$custom-light: #c787e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa51d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.556,
    "s": 63.38,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60389,
    "c": 0.20654,
    "h": 312.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.19389
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA51D8

secondary

#BADDA8

accent

#E6417A

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FC

border

#D2CBD5

text

#130C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA51D8

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

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