#AA55DD#AA55DD

#AA55DD is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.206 H 310.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA55DD
RGB	rgb(170, 85, 221)
HSL	hsl(278, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(278, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.1%, 61.5%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.13, 57.29, -55.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.13, 79.84, 315.85°)
OKLab	oklab(61.21% 0.1339 -0.1567)
OKLCH	oklch(61.21% 0.206 310.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.8747, 20.2642, 70.5722)
Luminance	0.2026 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA55DD #88DD55

analogous

#6655DD #AA55DD #DD55CC

triadic

#AA55DD #DDAA55 #55DDAA

tetradic

#AA55DD #DD6655 #88DD55 #55CCDD

square

#AA55DD #DD6655 #88DD55 #55CCDD

split-complementary

#AA55DD #CCDD55 #55DD66

monochromatic

#6B1F99 #8F29CC #AA55DD #C488E7 #DDBBF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.16

#AA55DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.05

#AA55DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA55DD

5.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA55DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA55DD	1.00	4.16	5.05	5.05
#FFFFFF	4.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1778E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#467EDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A36F91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa55dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 85, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.206 310.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c789e8',
    500: '#aa55dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa55dd;
$custom-light: #c789e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa55dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.5,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61206,
    "c": 0.20609,
    "h": 310.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.20264
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA55DD

secondary

#C0E1AD

accent

#EA3E7E

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#130C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA55DD

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

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