#AA55BB#AA55BB

#AA55BB is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.171 H 320.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA55BB
RGB	rgb(170, 85, 187)
HSL	hsl(290, 43%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(290, 55%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.1%, 54.5%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.25, 50.23, -39.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.25, 63.67, 322.09°)
OKLab	oklab(59.23% 0.1327 -0.1085)
OKLCH	oklch(59.23% 0.171 320.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.7946, 18.6322, 49.0837)
Luminance	0.1863 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA55BB #66BB55

analogous

#7755BB #AA55BB #BB5599

triadic

#AA55BB #BBAA55 #55BBAA

tetradic

#AA55BB #BB7755 #66BB55 #5599BB

square

#AA55BB #BB7755 #66BB55 #5599BB

split-complementary

#AA55BB #99BB55 #55BB77

monochromatic

#602B6B #883C97 #AA55BB #C081CC #D6ACDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.44

#AA55BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.73

#AA55BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA55BB

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA55BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA55BB	1.00	4.44	4.73	4.73
#FFFFFF	4.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4272BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E7BB8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB6480

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa55bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 85, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.171 320.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c689d0',
    500: '#aa55bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa55bb;
$custom-light: #c689d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa55bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59226,
    "c": 0.17147,
    "h": 320.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.18631
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA55BB

secondary

#A7CCA0

accent

#D3556A

background

#FCF8FC

surface

#F8F0F9

border

#D1CBD2

text

#130C14

muted

#827D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA55BB

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

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