#AA55FF#AA55FF

#AA55FF is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.223; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.241 H 303.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA55FF
RGB	rgb(170, 85, 255)
HSL	hsl(270, 100%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(270, 67%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.3%, 66.7%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.30, 64.89, -71.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.30, 96.30, 312.36°)
OKLab	oklab(63.46% 0.1314 -0.2023)
OKLCH	oklch(63.46% 0.241 303)
XYZ	xyz(37.8719, 22.2630, 96.8904)
Luminance	0.2226 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA55FF #AAFF55

analogous

#5555FF #AA55FF #FF55FF

triadic

#AA55FF #FFAA55 #55FFAA

tetradic

#AA55FF #FF5555 #AAFF55 #55FFFF

square

#AA55FF #FF5555 #AAFF55 #55FFFF

split-complementary

#AA55FF #FFFF55 #55FF55

monochromatic

#6D00DA #8B18FF #AA55FF #C992FF #E7CFFF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.85

#AA55FF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.45

#AA55FF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA55FF

5.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA55FF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA55FF	1.00	3.85	5.45	5.45
#FFFFFF	3.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0080FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0081FB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#997CA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa55ff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 85, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.241 303.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c98aff',
    500: '#aa55ff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa55ff;
$custom-light: #c98aff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa55ff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6346,
    "c": 0.24123,
    "h": 303
  },
  "luminance": 0.22263
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA55FF

secondary

#D8F3BD

accent

#E60073

background

#FCF8FF

surface

#F9F0FF

border

#D2CBD7

text

#140C18

muted

#827D86

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA55FF

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

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