#AA56BB#AA56BB

#AA56BB is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.170 H 320.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA56BB
RGB	rgb(170, 86, 187)
HSL	hsl(290, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(290, 54%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.1%, 54%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.44, 49.73, -38.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.44, 63.09, 322.02°)
OKLab	oklab(59.36% 0.1314 -0.1077)
OKLCH	oklch(59.36% 0.17 320.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.8739, 18.7907, 49.1101)
Luminance	0.1879 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA56BB #67BB56

analogous

#7756BB #AA56BB #BB5699

triadic

#AA56BB #BBAA56 #56BBAA

tetradic

#AA56BB #BB7756 #67BB56 #5699BB

square

#AA56BB #BB7756 #67BB56 #5699BB

split-complementary

#AA56BB #99BB56 #56BB77

monochromatic

#612B6B #883D97 #AA56BB #C082CD #D6ADDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.41

#AA56BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.76

#AA56BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA56BB

4.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA56BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA56BB	1.00	4.41	4.76	4.76
#FFFFFF	4.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4472BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F7BB8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB6480

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa56bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 86, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.170 320.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c689d0',
    500: '#aa56bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa56bb;
$custom-light: #c689d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa56bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.901,
    "s": 42.616,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59364,
    "c": 0.16988,
    "h": 320.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.18789
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA56BB

secondary

#A8CCA1

accent

#D2556A

background

#FCF8FC

surface

#F8F0F9

border

#D1CBD2

text

#130C14

muted

#827D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA56BB

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

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