#AA56E1#AA56E1

#AA56E1 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.206; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.209 H 309.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA56E1
RGB	rgb(170, 86, 225)
HSL	hsl(276, 70%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(276, 62%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.4%, 61.8%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.55, 57.68, -57.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.55, 81.24, 315.24°)
OKLab	oklab(61.59% 0.1326 -0.1613)
OKLCH	oklch(61.59% 0.209 309.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.4933, 20.6385, 73.4388)
Luminance	0.2064 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA56E1 #8DE156

analogous

#6456E1 #AA56E1 #E156D2

triadic

#AA56E1 #E1AA56 #56E1AA

tetradic

#AA56E1 #E16456 #8DE156 #56D2E1

square

#AA56E1 #E16456 #8DE156 #56D2E1

split-complementary

#AA56E1 #D2E156 #56E164

monochromatic

#6C1CA0 #8F26D4 #AA56E1 #C48AEA #DEBEF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.10

#AA56E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.13

#AA56E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA56E1

5.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA56E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA56E1	1.00	4.10	5.13	5.13
#FFFFFF	4.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0F7AE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#437FDE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A27194

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa56e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 86, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.209 309.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c78aeb',
    500: '#aa56e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa56e1;
$custom-light: #c78aeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa56e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.259,
    "s": 69.849,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61585,
    "c": 0.20884,
    "h": 309.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.20638
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA56E1

secondary

#C4E4AF

accent

#D2145F

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#130C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA56E1

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

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