#AA55BD#AA55BD

#AA55BD is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.187; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.173 H 320.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA55BD
RGB	rgb(170, 85, 189)
HSL	hsl(289, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(289, 55%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.1%, 55%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.36, 50.63, -40.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.36, 64.60, 321.61°)
OKLab	oklab(59.33% 0.1329 -0.1114)
OKLCH	oklch(59.33% 0.173 320)
XYZ	xyz(29.0102, 18.7184, 50.2191)
Luminance	0.1872 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Color harmonies

complementary

#AA55BD #68BD55

analogous

#7655BD #AA55BD #BD559C

triadic

#AA55BD #BDAA55 #55BDAA

tetradic

#AA55BD #BD7655 #68BD55 #559CBD

square

#AA55BD #BD7655 #68BD55 #559CBD

split-complementary

#AA55BD #9CBD55 #55BD76

monochromatic

#612A6D #883C99 #AA55BD #C081CE #D6ADDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.43

#AA55BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.74

#AA55BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA55BD

4.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA55BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA55BD	1.00	4.43	4.74	4.74
#FFFFFF	4.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4172C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D7BBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB6481

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa55bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 85, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.173 320.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c689d1',
    500: '#aa55bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa55bd;
$custom-light: #c689d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa55bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.038,
    "s": 44.068,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59334,
    "c": 0.17345,
    "h": 320
  },
  "luminance": 0.18717
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA55BD

secondary

#A9CDA1

accent

#D4546B

background

#FCF8FC

surface

#F8F0F9

border

#D1CBD2

text

#130C14

muted

#827D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA55BD

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

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