#AA56DD#AA56DD

#AA56DD is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.205 H 310.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA56DD
RGB	rgb(170, 86, 221)
HSL	hsl(277, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(277, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.1%, 61.1%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.31, 56.81, -55.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.31, 79.30, 315.76°)
OKLab	oklab(61.33% 0.1327 -0.1558)
OKLCH	oklch(61.33% 0.205 310.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.9540, 20.4228, 70.5986)
Luminance	0.2042 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA56DD #89DD56

analogous

#6656DD #AA56DD #DD56CD

triadic

#AA56DD #DDAA56 #56DDAA

tetradic

#AA56DD #DD6656 #89DD56 #56CDDD

square

#AA56DD #DD6656 #89DD56 #56CDDD

split-complementary

#AA56DD #CDDD56 #56DD66

monochromatic

#6B1F9A #8F29CD #AA56DD #C489E7 #DDBCF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.13

#AA56DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.08

#AA56DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA56DD

5.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA56DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA56DD	1.00	4.13	5.08	5.08
#FFFFFF	4.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1B79E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#477EDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A37092

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa56dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 86, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.205 310.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c78ae8',
    500: '#aa56dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa56dd;
$custom-light: #c78ae8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa56dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.333,
    "s": 66.502,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61334,
    "c": 0.20468,
    "h": 310.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.20422
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA56DD

secondary

#C1E1AE

accent

#CE175C

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#130C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA56DD

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

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