#AA53E6#AA53E6

#AA53E6 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.218 H 308.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA53E6
RGB	rgb(170, 83, 230)
HSL	hsl(276, 75%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(276, 64%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.1%, 63.9%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.34, 60.20, -60.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.34, 85.26, 314.92°)
OKLab	oklab(61.53% 0.1358 -0.1706)
OKLCH	oklch(61.53% 0.218 308.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.9509, 20.4463, 77.0056)
Luminance	0.2045 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA53E6 #8FE653

analogous

#6153E6 #AA53E6 #E653D9

triadic

#AA53E6 #E6AA53 #53E6AA

tetradic

#AA53E6 #E66153 #8FE653 #53D9E6

square

#AA53E6 #E66153 #8FE653 #53D9E6

split-complementary

#AA53E6 #D9E653 #53E661

monochromatic

#6C18A6 #8F20DC #AA53E6 #C488EE #DFBEF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.13

#AA53E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.09

#AA53E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA53E6

5.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA53E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA53E6	1.00	4.13	5.09	5.09
#FFFFFF	4.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0079EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3A7EE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A17195

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa53e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 83, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.218 308.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c788ef',
    500: '#aa53e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa53e6;
$custom-light: #c788ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa53e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.51,
    "s": 74.619,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61529,
    "c": 0.21806,
    "h": 308.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.20446
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA53E6

secondary

#C5E6AF

accent

#D70F60

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA53E6

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

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