#AA56E0#AA56E0

#AA56E0 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.206; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.208 H 309.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA56E0
RGB	rgb(170, 86, 224)
HSL	hsl(277, 69%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(277, 62%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.1%, 61.6%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.49, 57.46, -56.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.49, 80.75, 315.37°)
OKLab	oklab(61.52% 0.1327 -0.16)
OKLCH	oklch(61.52% 0.208 309.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.3573, 20.5841, 72.7224)
Luminance	0.2058 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA56E0 #8CE056

analogous

#6556E0 #AA56E0 #E056D1

triadic

#AA56E0 #E0AA56 #56E0AA

tetradic

#AA56E0 #E06556 #8CE056 #56D1E0

square

#AA56E0 #E06556 #8CE056 #56D1E0

split-complementary

#AA56E0 #D1E056 #56E065

monochromatic

#6C1D9F #8F27D2 #AA56E0 #C48AE9 #DEBDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.10

#AA56E0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.12

#AA56E0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA56E0

5.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA56E0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA56E0	1.00	4.10	5.12	5.12
#FFFFFF	4.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#137AE4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#447FDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A37193

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa56e0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 86, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.208 309.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c78aea',
    500: '#aa56e0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa56e0;
$custom-light: #c78aea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa56e0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.522,
    "s": 69,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61522,
    "c": 0.20781,
    "h": 309.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20583
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA56E0

secondary

#C3E3AF

accent

#D1155E

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#130C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA56E0

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

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