#AA55D9#AA55D9

#AA55D9 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.201; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.202 H 311.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA55D9
RGB	rgb(170, 85, 217)
HSL	hsl(279, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(279, 61%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.7%, 60.8%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.90, 56.43, -53.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.90, 77.91, 316.41°)
OKLab	oklab(60.96% 0.134 -0.1511)
OKLCH	oklch(60.96% 0.202 311.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.3482, 20.0536, 67.7989)
Luminance	0.2005 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA55D9 #84D955

analogous

#6855D9 #AA55D9 #D955C6

triadic

#AA55D9 #D9AA55 #55D9AA

tetradic

#AA55D9 #D96855 #84D955 #55C6D9

square

#AA55D9 #D96855 #84D955 #55C6D9

split-complementary

#AA55D9 #C6D955 #55D968

monochromatic

#6A2193 #8E2CC5 #AA55D9 #C387E4 #DCB9EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.19

#AA55D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.01

#AA55D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA55D9

5.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA55D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA55D9	1.00	4.19	5.01	5.01
#FFFFFF	4.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2078DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A7DD6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A46E8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa55d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 85, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.202 311.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c789e5',
    500: '#aa55d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa55d9;
$custom-light: #c789e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa55d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.636,
    "s": 63.462,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60958,
    "c": 0.20195,
    "h": 311.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.20053
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA55D9

secondary

#BDDFAB

accent

#E6417C

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FC

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA55D9

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

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