#AA56E6#AA56E6

#AA56E6 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.214 H 308.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA56E6
RGB	rgb(170, 86, 230)
HSL	hsl(275, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(275, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.1%, 62.6%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.86, 58.78, -59.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.86, 83.66, 314.64°)
OKLab	oklab(61.9% 0.1324 -0.1682)
OKLCH	oklch(61.9% 0.214 308.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.1854, 20.9153, 77.0837)
Luminance	0.2092 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA56E6 #92E656

analogous

#6256E6 #AA56E6 #E656DA

triadic

#AA56E6 #E6AA56 #56E6AA

tetradic

#AA56E6 #E66256 #92E656 #56DAE6

square

#AA56E6 #E66256 #92E656 #56DAE6

split-complementary

#AA56E6 #DAE656 #56E662

monochromatic

#6D19A9 #8F21DE #AA56E6 #C58BEE #E0C1F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.05

#AA56E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.18

#AA56E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA56E6

5.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA56E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA56E6	1.00	4.05	5.18	5.18
#FFFFFF	4.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007BEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3D7FE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A17396

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa56e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 86, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.214 308.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c78aef',
    500: '#aa56e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa56e6;
$custom-light: #c78aef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa56e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275,
    "s": 74.227,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61903,
    "c": 0.21404,
    "h": 308.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.20915
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA56E6

secondary

#C7E6B1

accent

#D60F62

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#130C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA56E6

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

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