#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
RGBrgb(170, 85, 227)
HSLhsl(276, 72%, 61%)
HSVhsv(276, 63%, 89%)
CMYKcmyk(25.1%, 62.6%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LABlab(52.50, 58.60, -58.42)
CIE-LCHlch(52.50, 82.75, 315.09°)
OKLaboklab(61.59% 0.1337 -0.1649)
OKLCHoklch(61.59% 0.212 309)
XYZxyz(33.6884, 20.5897, 74.8577)
Luminance0.2059 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyviolet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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
##AA55E31.004.105.125.12
#FFFFFF4.101.0021.0021.00
#0000005.1221.001.001.00
##0000005.1221.001.001.00

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

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#AA55E3 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva