#AA55F5#AA55F5

#AA55F5 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.231 H 305.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA55F5
RGB	rgb(170, 85, 245)
HSL	hsl(272, 89%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(272, 65%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.6%, 65.3%, 0%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.64, 62.61, -66.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.64, 91.47, 313.20°)
OKLab	oklab(62.77% 0.1325 -0.1891)
OKLCH	oklch(62.77% 0.231 305)
XYZ	xyz(36.3038, 21.6358, 88.6321)
Luminance	0.2164 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA55F5 #A0F555

analogous

#5A55F5 #AA55F5 #F555F0

triadic

#AA55F5 #F5AA55 #55F5AA

tetradic

#AA55F5 #F55A55 #A0F555 #55F0F5

square

#AA55F5 #F55A55 #A0F555 #55F0F5

split-complementary

#AA55F5 #F0F555 #55F55A

monochromatic

#6E0CC4 #8D1BF2 #AA55F5 #C78FF8 #E4C9FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.94

#AA55F5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.33

#AA55F5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA55F5

5.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA55F5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA55F5	1.00	3.94	5.33	5.33
#FFFFFF	3.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007EFA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2480F2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C789E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa55f5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 85, 245);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.231 305.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c88af9',
    500: '#aa55f5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa55f5;
$custom-light: #c88af9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa55f5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 245
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.875,
    "s": 88.889,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62771,
    "c": 0.23092,
    "h": 305
  },
  "luminance": 0.21636
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA55F5

secondary

#D1EEB7

accent

#E6006C

background

#FCF8FF

surface

#F9F0FF

border

#D2CBD7

text

#140C17

muted

#827D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA55F5

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

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