#AA56E3#AA56E3

#AA56E3 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.207; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.211 H 308.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA56E3
RGB	rgb(170, 86, 227)
HSL	hsl(276, 72%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(276, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.1%, 62.1%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.67, 58.12, -58.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.67, 82.21, 314.99°)
OKLab	oklab(61.71% 0.1326 -0.1641)
OKLCH	oklch(61.71% 0.211 308.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.7677, 20.7482, 74.8841)
Luminance	0.2075 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA56E3 #8FE356

analogous

#6456E3 #AA56E3 #E356D6

triadic

#AA56E3 #E3AA56 #56E3AA

tetradic

#AA56E3 #E36456 #8FE356 #56D6E3

square

#AA56E3 #E36456 #8FE356 #56D6E3

split-complementary

#AA56E3 #D6E356 #56E364

monochromatic

#6C1BA4 #8F24D8 #AA56E3 #C48BEC #DFBFF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.08

#AA56E3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.15

#AA56E3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA56E3

5.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA56E3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA56E3	1.00	4.08	5.15	5.15
#FFFFFF	4.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#067AE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#417FE0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A27295

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa56e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 86, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.211 308.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c78aec',
    500: '#aa56e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa56e3;
$custom-light: #c78aec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa56e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.745,
    "s": 71.574,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61712,
    "c": 0.21092,
    "h": 308.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20748
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA56E3

secondary

#C5E5B0

accent

#D41260

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#130C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA56E3

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

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