#AA55EE#AA55EE

#AA55EE is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.224 H 306.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA55EE
RGB	rgb(170, 85, 238)
HSL	hsl(273, 82%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(273, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.6%, 64.3%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.19, 61.04, -63.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.19, 88.07, 313.87°)
OKLab	oklab(62.3% 0.1331 -0.1798)
OKLCH	oklch(62.3% 0.224 306.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.2554, 21.2165, 83.1102)
Luminance	0.2122 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA55EE #99EE55

analogous

#5D55EE #AA55EE #EE55E6

triadic

#AA55EE #EEAA55 #55EEAA

tetradic

#AA55EE #EE5D55 #99EE55 #55E6EE

square

#AA55EE #EE5D55 #99EE55 #55E6EE

split-complementary

#AA55EE #E6EE55 #55EE5D

monochromatic

#6D12B6 #8E1DE8 #AA55EE #C68DF4 #E2C4F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.01

#AA55EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.24

#AA55EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA55EE

5.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA55EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA55EE	1.00	4.01	5.24	5.24
#FFFFFF	4.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007CF3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3180EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9F759A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa55ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 85, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.224 306.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c88af4',
    500: '#aa55ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa55ee;
$custom-light: #c88af4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa55ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.333,
    "s": 81.818,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62301,
    "c": 0.22367,
    "h": 306.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.21216
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA55EE

secondary

#CCEBB4

accent

#DE0767

background

#FCF8FF

surface

#F9F0FE

border

#D2CBD6

text

#140C17

muted

#827D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA55EE

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

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