#AA51E3#AA51E3

#AA51E3 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.200; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.218 H 309.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA51E3
RGB	rgb(170, 81, 227)
HSL	hsl(277, 72%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(277, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.1%, 64.3%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.81, 60.48, -59.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.81, 84.86, 315.46°)
OKLab	oklab(61.09% 0.1383 -0.1681)
OKLCH	oklch(61.09% 0.218 309.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.3824, 19.9776, 74.7556)
Luminance	0.1998 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA51E3 #8AE351

analogous

#6151E3 #AA51E3 #E351D3

triadic

#AA51E3 #E3AA51 #51E3AA

tetradic

#AA51E3 #E36151 #8AE351 #51D3E3

square

#AA51E3 #E36151 #8AE351 #51D3E3

split-complementary

#AA51E3 #D3E351 #51E361

monochromatic

#6B1AA0 #8F22D5 #AA51E3 #C486EB #DEBAF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.20

#AA51E3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.00

#AA51E3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA51E3

5.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA51E3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA51E3	1.00	4.20	5.00	5.00
#FFFFFF	4.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0078E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3B7DE0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A26F93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa51e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 81, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.218 309.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c787ed',
    500: '#aa51e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa51e3;
$custom-light: #c787ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa51e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.575,
    "s": 72.277,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6109,
    "c": 0.21765,
    "h": 309.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.19977
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA51E3

secondary

#C2E4AC

accent

#D4115D

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA51E3

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

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