#AA55BE#AA55BE

#AA55BE is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.174 H 319.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA55BE
RGB	rgb(170, 85, 190)
HSL	hsl(289, 45%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(289, 55%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.5%, 55.3%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.41, 50.83, -40.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.41, 65.06, 321.37°)
OKLab	oklab(59.39% 0.133 -0.1129)
OKLCH	oklch(59.39% 0.174 319.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.1192, 18.7620, 50.7928)
Luminance	0.1876 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#AA55BE #69BE55

analogous

#7655BE #AA55BE #BE559E

triadic

#AA55BE #BEAA55 #55BEAA

tetradic

#AA55BE #BE7655 #69BE55 #559EBE

square

#AA55BE #BE7655 #69BE55 #559EBE

split-complementary

#AA55BE #9EBE55 #55BE76

monochromatic

#612A6E #883B9B #AA55BE #C081CF #D6AEE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.42

#AA55BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.75

#AA55BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA55BE

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA55BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA55BE	1.00	4.42	4.75	4.75
#FFFFFF	4.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4072C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D7BBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB6581

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa55be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 85, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.174 319.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c689d2',
    500: '#aa55be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa55be;
$custom-light: #c689d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa55be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.571,
    "s": 44.681,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59388,
    "c": 0.17445,
    "h": 319.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.18761
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA55BE

secondary

#AACEA1

accent

#D4536C

background

#FCF8FC

surface

#F8F0F9

border

#D1CBD2

text

#130C14

muted

#827D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA55BE

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

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