#AA51E2#AA51E2

#AA51E2 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.199; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.217 H 309.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA51E2
RGB	rgb(170, 81, 226)
HSL	hsl(277, 71%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(277, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.8%, 64.2%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.75, 60.26, -59.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.75, 84.38, 315.58°)
OKLab	oklab(61.03% 0.1383 -0.1667)
OKLCH	oklch(61.03% 0.217 309.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.2448, 19.9225, 74.0309)
Luminance	0.1992 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA51E2 #89E251

analogous

#6251E2 #AA51E2 #E251D1

triadic

#AA51E2 #E2AA51 #51E2AA

tetradic

#AA51E2 #E26251 #89E251 #51D1E2

square

#AA51E2 #E26251 #89E251 #51D1E2

split-complementary

#AA51E2 #D1E251 #51E262

monochromatic

#6B1A9E #8F23D3 #AA51E2 #C485EB #DDBAF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.21

#AA51E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.98

#AA51E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA51E2

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA51E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA51E2	1.00	4.21	4.98	4.98
#FFFFFF	4.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0078E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3C7DDF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A26E93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa51e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 81, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.217 309.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c787ec',
    500: '#aa51e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa51e2;
$custom-light: #c787ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa51e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.828,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61025,
    "c": 0.21664,
    "h": 309.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.19922
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA51E2

secondary

#C1E3AC

accent

#D3125D

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#130C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA51E2

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

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