#AA53AA#AA53AA

#AA53AA is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.176; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.158 H 327.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA53AA
RGB	rgb(170, 83, 170)
HSL	hsl(300, 34%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(300, 51%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.2%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.05, 47.99, -31.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.05, 57.18, 327.06°)
OKLab	oklab(58.07% 0.1334 -0.0854)
OKLCH	oklch(58.07% 0.158 327.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.9261, 17.6364, 40.0083)
Luminance	0.1764 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#AA53AA #53AA53

analogous

#7F53AA #AA53AA #AA537F

triadic

#AA53AA #AAAA53 #53AAAA

tetradic

#AA53AA #AA7F53 #53AA53 #537FAA

square

#AA53AA #AA7F53 #53AA53 #537FAA

split-complementary

#AA53AA #7FAA53 #53AA7F

monochromatic

#582B58 #813F81 #AA53AA #BF7BBF #D3A5D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.64

#AA53AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.53

#AA53AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AA53AA

4.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA53AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AA53AA	1.00	4.64	4.53	4.64
#FFFFFF	4.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B6DAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6579A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF5D77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa53aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 83, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.158 327.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c587c3',
    500: '#aa53aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa53aa;
$custom-light: #c587c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa53aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 34.387,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58071,
    "c": 0.15836,
    "h": 327.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.17635
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA53AA

secondary

#99C099

accent

#CA5D5D

background

#FCF8FC

surface

#F8F0F8

border

#D1CBD1

text

#130B12

muted

#827C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA53AA

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

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