#AA55E4#AA55E4

#AA55E4 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.206; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.213 H 308.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA55E4
RGB	rgb(170, 85, 228)
HSL	hsl(276, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(276, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.4%, 62.7%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.56, 58.82, -58.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.56, 83.23, 314.97°)
OKLab	oklab(61.65% 0.1337 -0.1663)
OKLCH	oklch(61.65% 0.213 308.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.8269, 20.6450, 75.5866)
Luminance	0.2064 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA55E4 #8FE455

analogous

#6355E4 #AA55E4 #E455D7

triadic

#AA55E4 #E4AA55 #55E4AA

tetradic

#AA55E4 #E46355 #8FE455 #55D7E4

square

#AA55E4 #E46355 #8FE455 #55D7E4

split-complementary

#AA55E4 #D7E455 #55E463

monochromatic

#6C1AA4 #8F23D9 #AA55E4 #C48AEC #DFBFF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.09

#AA55E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.13

#AA55E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA55E4

5.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA55E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA55E4	1.00	4.09	5.13	5.13
#FFFFFF	4.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007AE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F7FE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A27295

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa55e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 85, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.213 308.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c78aed',
    500: '#aa55e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa55e4;
$custom-light: #c78aed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa55e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.664,
    "s": 72.589,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61649,
    "c": 0.21332,
    "h": 308.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.20644
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA55E4

secondary

#C5E5B0

accent

#D51160

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#130C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA55E4

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

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