#AA56DE#AA56DE

#AA56DE is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.206 H 310.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA56DE
RGB	rgb(170, 86, 222)
HSL	hsl(277, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(277, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.4%, 61.3%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.37, 57.03, -55.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.37, 79.78, 315.63°)
OKLab	oklab(61.4% 0.1327 -0.1572)
OKLCH	oklch(61.4% 0.206 310.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.0876, 20.4762, 71.3024)
Luminance	0.2048 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA56DE #8ADE56

analogous

#6656DE #AA56DE #DE56CE

triadic

#AA56DE #DEAA56 #56DEAA

tetradic

#AA56DE #DE6656 #8ADE56 #56CEDE

square

#AA56DE #DE6656 #8ADE56 #56CEDE

split-complementary

#AA56DE #CEDE56 #56DE66

monochromatic

#6C1E9B #8F28CE #AA56DE #C489E8 #DEBCF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.12

#AA56DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.10

#AA56DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA56DE

5.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA56DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA56DE	1.00	4.12	5.10	5.10
#FFFFFF	4.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1979E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#467EDB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A37092

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa56de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 86, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.206 310.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c78ae9',
    500: '#aa56de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa56de;
$custom-light: #c78ae9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa56de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.059,
    "s": 67.327,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61396,
    "c": 0.20572,
    "h": 310.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.20476
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA56DE

secondary

#C2E2AE

accent

#CF165D

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#130C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA56DE

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

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