#AA51DD#AA51DD

#AA51DD is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.197; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.212 H 310.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA51DD
RGB	rgb(170, 81, 221)
HSL	hsl(278, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(278, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.1%, 63.3%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.44, 59.19, -56.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.44, 81.98, 316.22°)
OKLab	oklab(60.7% 0.1386 -0.1599)
OKLCH	oklch(60.7% 0.212 310.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.5687, 19.6521, 70.4701)
Luminance	0.1965 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA51DD #84DD51

analogous

#6451DD #AA51DD #DD51CA

triadic

#AA51DD #DDAA51 #51DDAA

tetradic

#AA51DD #DD6451 #84DD51 #51CADD

square

#AA51DD #DD6451 #84DD51 #51CADD

split-complementary

#AA51DD #CADD51 #51DD64

monochromatic

#6A1D96 #8E27C9 #AA51DD #C384E7 #DCB7F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.26

#AA51DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.93

#AA51DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA51DD

4.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA51DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA51DD	1.00	4.26	4.93	4.93
#FFFFFF	4.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0076E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#417CDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A46D90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa51dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 81, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.212 310.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c787e8',
    500: '#aa51dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa51dd;
$custom-light: #c787e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa51dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.143,
    "s": 67.308,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60704,
    "c": 0.21159,
    "h": 310.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.19651
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA51DD

secondary

#BDE0AA

accent

#EA3E7C

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#130C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA51DD

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

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