#AA51DE#AA51DE

#AA51DE is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.197; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.213 H 310.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA51DE
RGB	rgb(170, 81, 222)
HSL	hsl(278, 68%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(278, 64%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.4%, 63.5%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.50, 59.40, -57.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.50, 82.46, 316.09°)
OKLab	oklab(60.77% 0.1385 -0.1613)
OKLCH	oklch(60.77% 0.213 310.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.7023, 19.7055, 71.1739)
Luminance	0.1971 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA51DE #85DE51

analogous

#6451DE #AA51DE #DE51CC

triadic

#AA51DE #DEAA51 #51DEAA

tetradic

#AA51DE #DE6451 #85DE51 #51CCDE

square

#AA51DE #DE6451 #85DE51 #51CCDE

split-complementary

#AA51DE #CCDE51 #51DE64

monochromatic

#6A1D98 #8F27CB #AA51DE #C384E8 #DCB8F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.25

#AA51DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.94

#AA51DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA51DE

4.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA51DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA51DE	1.00	4.25	4.94	4.94
#FFFFFF	4.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0077E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#407CDB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A36D90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa51de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 81, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.213 310.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c787e9',
    500: '#aa51de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa51de;
$custom-light: #c787e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa51de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.872,
    "s": 68.116,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60768,
    "c": 0.21259,
    "h": 310.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.19705
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA51DE

secondary

#BEE1AA

accent

#EB3D7D

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#130C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA51DE

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

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