#AA56E4#AA56E4

#AA56E4 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.212 H 308.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA56E4
RGB	rgb(170, 86, 228)
HSL	hsl(275, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(275, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.4%, 62.3%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.73, 58.34, -58.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.73, 82.69, 314.87°)
OKLab	oklab(61.78% 0.1325 -0.1654)
OKLCH	oklch(61.78% 0.212 308.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.9061, 20.8036, 75.6131)
Luminance	0.2080 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA56E4 #90E456

analogous

#6356E4 #AA56E4 #E456D7

triadic

#AA56E4 #E4AA56 #56E4AA

tetradic

#AA56E4 #E46356 #90E456 #56D7E4

square

#AA56E4 #E46356 #90E456 #56D7E4

split-complementary

#AA56E4 #D7E456 #56E463

monochromatic

#6D1AA5 #8F23DA #AA56E4 #C58BEC #DFC0F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.07

#AA56E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.16

#AA56E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA56E4

5.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA56E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA56E4	1.00	4.07	5.16	5.16
#FFFFFF	4.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#017AE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#407FE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A27295

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa56e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 86, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.212 308.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c78aed',
    500: '#aa56e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa56e4;
$custom-light: #c78aed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa56e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.493,
    "s": 72.449,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61775,
    "c": 0.21196,
    "h": 308.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20803
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA56E4

secondary

#C6E5B0

accent

#D51161

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#130C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA56E4

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →