#AA51DC#AA51DC

#AA51DC is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.196; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.211 H 311.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA51DC
RGB	rgb(170, 81, 220)
HSL	hsl(278, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(278, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.7%, 63.2%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.38, 58.97, -56.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.38, 81.50, 316.35°)
OKLab	oklab(60.64% 0.1386 -0.1585)
OKLCH	oklch(60.64% 0.211 311.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.4359, 19.5990, 69.7706)
Luminance	0.1960 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA51DC #83DC51

analogous

#6551DC #AA51DC #DC51C9

triadic

#AA51DC #DCAA51 #51DCAA

tetradic

#AA51DC #DC6551 #83DC51 #51C9DC

square

#AA51DC #DC6551 #83DC51 #51C9DC

split-complementary

#AA51DC #C9DC51 #51DC65

monochromatic

#6A1E95 #8E28C8 #AA51DC #C384E6 #DCB7F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.27

#AA51DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.92

#AA51DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA51DC

4.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA51DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA51DC	1.00	4.27	4.92	4.92
#FFFFFF	4.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0476E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#437CD9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A46C8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa51dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 81, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.211 311.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c787e7',
    500: '#aa51dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa51dc;
$custom-light: #c787e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa51dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.417,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60641,
    "c": 0.21057,
    "h": 311.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.19598
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA51DC

secondary

#BDE0A9

accent

#E93E7C

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#130C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA51DC

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

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