#AA55DB#AA55DB

#AA55DB is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.202; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.204 H 311.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA55DB
RGB	rgb(170, 85, 219)
HSL	hsl(278, 65%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(278, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.4%, 61.2%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.02, 56.86, -54.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.02, 78.88, 316.13°)
OKLab	oklab(61.08% 0.134 -0.1539)
OKLCH	oklch(61.08% 0.204 311)
XYZ	xyz(32.6099, 20.1582, 69.1772)
Luminance	0.2016 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA55DB #86DB55

analogous

#6755DB #AA55DB #DB55C9

triadic

#AA55DB #DBAA55 #55DBAA

tetradic

#AA55DB #DB6755 #86DB55 #55C9DB

square

#AA55DB #DB6755 #86DB55 #55C9DB

split-complementary

#AA55DB #C9DB55 #55DB67

monochromatic

#6B2096 #8F2AC8 #AA55DB #C388E6 #DDBAF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.17

#AA55DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.03

#AA55DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA55DB

5.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA55DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA55DB	1.00	4.17	5.03	5.03
#FFFFFF	4.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1C78DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#487ED8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A46F90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa55db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 85, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.204 311.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c789e7',
    500: '#aa55db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa55db;
$custom-light: #c789e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa55db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.06,
    "s": 65.049,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61081,
    "c": 0.20402,
    "h": 311
  },
  "luminance": 0.20158
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA55DB

secondary

#BFE0AC

accent

#E8407D

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FC

border

#D2CBD5

text

#130C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA55DB

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

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