#AA55CC#AA55CC

#AA55CC is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.194; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.189 H 315.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA55CC
RGB	rgb(170, 85, 204)
HSL	hsl(283, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(283, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.7%, 58.3%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.16, 53.68, -47.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.16, 71.67, 318.50°)
OKLab	oklab(60.18% 0.1338 -0.1329)
OKLCH	oklch(60.18% 0.189 315.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.7234, 19.4037, 59.2419)
Luminance	0.1940 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA55CC #77CC55

analogous

#6F55CC #AA55CC #CC55B3

triadic

#AA55CC #CCAA55 #55CCAA

tetradic

#AA55CC #CC6F55 #77CC55 #55B3CC

square

#AA55CC #CC6F55 #77CC55 #55B3CC

split-complementary

#AA55CC #B3CC55 #55CC6F

monochromatic

#672680 #8C35AF #AA55CC #C284DA #D9B3E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.30

#AA55CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.88

#AA55CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA55CC

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA55CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA55CC	1.00	4.30	4.88	4.88
#FFFFFF	4.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3375D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#547CC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A86989

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa55cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 85, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.189 315.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c689dc',
    500: '#aa55cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa55cc;
$custom-light: #c689dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa55cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.857,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60179,
    "c": 0.18861,
    "h": 315.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.19403
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA55CC

secondary

#B4D7A6

accent

#DD4B74

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F8F0FB

border

#D1CBD4

text

#130C15

muted

#827D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA55CC

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

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