#AA55E8#AA55E8

#AA55E8 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.217 H 307.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA55E8
RGB	rgb(170, 85, 232)
HSL	hsl(275, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(275, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.7%, 63.4%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.81, 59.70, -60.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.81, 85.17, 314.51°)
OKLab	oklab(61.91% 0.1335 -0.1717)
OKLCH	oklch(61.91% 0.217 307.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.3886, 20.8697, 78.5449)
Luminance	0.2087 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA55E8 #93E855

analogous

#6155E8 #AA55E8 #E855DC

triadic

#AA55E8 #E8AA55 #55E8AA

tetradic

#AA55E8 #E86155 #93E855 #55DCE8

square

#AA55E8 #E86155 #93E855 #55DCE8

split-complementary

#AA55E8 #DCE855 #55E861

monochromatic

#6D17AB #8F1FE1 #AA55E8 #C58BEF #E0C1F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.06

#AA55E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.17

#AA55E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA55E8

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA55E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA55E8	1.00	4.06	5.17	5.17
#FFFFFF	4.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007BED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3A7FE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A07397

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa55e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 85, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.217 307.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c78af0',
    500: '#aa55e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa55e8;
$custom-light: #c78af0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa55e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.694,
    "s": 76.166,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61907,
    "c": 0.21747,
    "h": 307.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20869
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA55E8

secondary

#C8E7B1

accent

#D80D63

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140C17

muted

#827D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA55E8

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

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