#AA51E6#AA51E6

#AA51E6 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.201; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.221 H 308.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA51E6
RGB	rgb(170, 81, 230)
HSL	hsl(276, 75%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(276, 65%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.1%, 64.8%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.00, 61.13, -60.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.00, 86.30, 315.11°)
OKLab	oklab(61.29% 0.1381 -0.1722)
OKLCH	oklch(61.29% 0.221 308.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.8000, 20.1446, 76.9553)
Luminance	0.2014 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA51E6 #8DE651

analogous

#5F51E6 #AA51E6 #E651D7

triadic

#AA51E6 #E6AA51 #51E6AA

tetradic

#AA51E6 #E65F51 #8DE651 #51D7E6

square

#AA51E6 #E65F51 #8DE651 #51D7E6

split-complementary

#AA51E6 #D7E651 #51E65F

monochromatic

#6C18A5 #8F1FDA #AA51E6 #C487EE #DEBCF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.18

#AA51E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.03

#AA51E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA51E6

5.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA51E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA51E6	1.00	4.18	5.03	5.03
#FFFFFF	4.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0078EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#377DE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A17095

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa51e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 81, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.221 308.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c887ef',
    500: '#aa51e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa51e6;
$custom-light: #c887ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa51e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.839,
    "s": 74.874,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61286,
    "c": 0.2207,
    "h": 308.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20144
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA51E6

secondary

#C4E5AD

accent

#D70E5F

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA51E6

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

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