#AA56E2#AA56E2

#AA56E2 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.207; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.210 H 309.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA56E2
RGB	rgb(170, 86, 226)
HSL	hsl(276, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(276, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.8%, 61.9%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.61, 57.90, -57.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.61, 81.72, 315.12°)
OKLab	oklab(61.65% 0.1326 -0.1627)
OKLCH	oklch(61.65% 0.21 309.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.6301, 20.6932, 74.1593)
Luminance	0.2069 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA56E2 #8EE256

analogous

#6456E2 #AA56E2 #E256D4

triadic

#AA56E2 #E2AA56 #56E2AA

tetradic

#AA56E2 #E26456 #8EE256 #56D4E2

square

#AA56E2 #E26456 #8EE256 #56D4E2

split-complementary

#AA56E2 #D4E256 #56E264

monochromatic

#6C1CA2 #8F25D6 #AA56E2 #C48AEB #DFBEF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.09

#AA56E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.14

#AA56E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA56E2

5.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA56E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA56E2	1.00	4.09	5.14	5.14
#FFFFFF	4.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0B7AE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#427FDF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A27294

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa56e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 86, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.210 309.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c78aec',
    500: '#aa56e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa56e2;
$custom-light: #c78aec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa56e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276,
    "s": 70.707,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61648,
    "c": 0.20988,
    "h": 309.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.20693
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA56E2

secondary

#C5E4B0

accent

#D31360

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#130C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA56E2

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

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