#AA59DD#AA59DD

#AA59DD is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.200 H 310.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA59DD
RGB	rgb(170, 89, 221)
HSL	hsl(277, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(277, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.1%, 59.7%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.85, 55.35, -54.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.85, 77.65, 315.46°)
OKLab	oklab(61.73% 0.1291 -0.1533)
OKLCH	oklch(61.73% 0.2 310.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.1986, 20.9119, 70.6801)
Luminance	0.2091 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA59DD #8CDD59

analogous

#6859DD #AA59DD #DD59CE

triadic

#AA59DD #DDAA59 #59DDAA

tetradic

#AA59DD #DD6859 #8CDD59 #59CEDD

square

#AA59DD #DD6859 #8CDD59 #59CEDD

split-complementary

#AA59DD #CEDD59 #59DD68

monochromatic

#6C209C #8F2ACF #AA59DD #C48CE7 #DEBFF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.05

#AA59DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.18

#AA59DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA59DD

5.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA59DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA59DD	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)

#257AE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A80DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A37293

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa59dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 89, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.200 310.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c78ce8',
    500: '#aa59dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa59dd;
$custom-light: #c78ce8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa59dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.818,
    "s": 66,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61727,
    "c": 0.20042,
    "h": 310.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20911
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA59DD

secondary

#C3E2B0

accent

#CE185E

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA59DD

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

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