#AA55ED#AA55ED

#AA55ED is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.223 H 306.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA55ED
RGB	rgb(170, 85, 237)
HSL	hsl(274, 81%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(274, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.3%, 64.1%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.12, 60.81, -63.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.12, 87.59, 313.97°)
OKLab	oklab(62.24% 0.1331 -0.1784)
OKLCH	oklch(62.24% 0.223 306.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.1089, 21.1579, 82.3387)
Luminance	0.2116 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA55ED #98ED55

analogous

#5E55ED #AA55ED #ED55E4

triadic

#AA55ED #EDAA55 #55EDAA

tetradic

#AA55ED #ED5E55 #98ED55 #55E4ED

square

#AA55ED #ED5E55 #98ED55 #55E4ED

split-complementary

#AA55ED #E4ED55 #55ED5E

monochromatic

#6D13B4 #8E1EE7 #AA55ED #C68CF3 #E1C4F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.01

#AA55ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.23

#AA55ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA55ED

5.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA55ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA55ED	1.00	4.01	5.23	5.23
#FFFFFF	4.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007CF2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#337FEA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9F759A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa55ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 85, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.223 306.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c88af4',
    500: '#aa55ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa55ed;
$custom-light: #c88af4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa55ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.553,
    "s": 80.851,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62235,
    "c": 0.22264,
    "h": 306.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.21157
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA55ED

secondary

#CCEAB4

accent

#DD0866

background

#FCF8FF

surface

#F9F0FE

border

#D2CBD6

text

#140C17

muted

#827D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA55ED

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

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