#AA55E3#AA55E3

#AA55E3 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.206; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.212 H 309.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA55E3
RGB	rgb(170, 85, 227)
HSL	hsl(276, 72%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(276, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.1%, 62.6%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.50, 58.60, -58.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.50, 82.75, 315.09°)
OKLab	oklab(61.59% 0.1337 -0.1649)
OKLCH	oklch(61.59% 0.212 309)
XYZ	xyz(33.6884, 20.5897, 74.8577)
Luminance	0.2059 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA55E3 #8EE355

analogous

#6355E3 #AA55E3 #E355D5

triadic

#AA55E3 #E3AA55 #55E3AA

tetradic

#AA55E3 #E36355 #8EE355 #55D5E3

square

#AA55E3 #E36355 #8EE355 #55D5E3

split-complementary

#AA55E3 #D5E355 #55E363

monochromatic

#6C1BA3 #8F23D7 #AA55E3 #C48AEC #DFBEF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.10

#AA55E3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.12

#AA55E3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA55E3

5.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA55E3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA55E3	1.00	4.10	5.12	5.12
#FFFFFF	4.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007AE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#407EE0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A27194

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa55e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 85, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.212 309.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c78aec',
    500: '#aa55e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa55e3;
$custom-light: #c78aec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa55e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.915,
    "s": 71.717,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61585,
    "c": 0.21229,
    "h": 309
  },
  "luminance": 0.20589
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA55E3

secondary

#C5E5AF

accent

#D41260

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#130C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA55E3

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

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