#AA53E2#AA53E2

#AA53E2 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.202; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.214 H 309.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA53E2
RGB	rgb(170, 83, 226)
HSL	hsl(277, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(277, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.8%, 63.3%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.09, 59.33, -58.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.09, 83.33, 315.40°)
OKLab	oklab(61.27% 0.1361 -0.1651)
OKLCH	oklch(61.27% 0.214 309.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.3956, 20.2242, 74.0812)
Luminance	0.2022 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA53E2 #8BE253

analogous

#6253E2 #AA53E2 #E253D3

triadic

#AA53E2 #E2AA53 #53E2AA

tetradic

#AA53E2 #E26253 #8BE253 #53D3E2

square

#AA53E2 #E26253 #8BE253 #53D3E2

split-complementary

#AA53E2 #D3E253 #53E262

monochromatic

#6C1BA0 #8F24D4 #AA53E2 #C487EB #DEBCF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.16

#AA53E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.04

#AA53E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA53E2

5.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA53E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA53E2	1.00	4.16	5.04	5.04
#FFFFFF	4.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0078E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E7DDF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A27093

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa53e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 83, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.214 309.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c788ec',
    500: '#aa53e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa53e2;
$custom-light: #c788ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa53e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.503,
    "s": 71.144,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6127,
    "c": 0.21397,
    "h": 309.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.20224
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA53E2

secondary

#C3E4AD

accent

#D3125E

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#130C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA53E2

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

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