#AA59E6#AA59E6

#AA59E6 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.210 H 307.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA59E6
RGB	rgb(170, 89, 230)
HSL	hsl(274, 74%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(274, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.1%, 61.3%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.39, 57.33, -58.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.39, 82.04, 314.34°)
OKLab	oklab(62.29% 0.1289 -0.1657)
OKLCH	oklch(62.29% 0.21 307.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.4300, 21.4045, 77.1653)
Luminance	0.2140 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA59E6 #95E659

analogous

#6359E6 #AA59E6 #E659DC

triadic

#AA59E6 #E6AA59 #59E6AA

tetradic

#AA59E6 #E66359 #95E659 #59DCE6

square

#AA59E6 #E66359 #95E659 #59DCE6

split-complementary

#AA59E6 #DCE659 #59E663

monochromatic

#6D1AAB #8F24DE #AA59E6 #C58EEE #E0C3F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.98

#AA59E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.28

#AA59E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA59E6

5.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA59E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA59E6	1.00	3.98	5.28	5.28
#FFFFFF	3.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0E7CEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4180E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A17597

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa59e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 89, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.210 307.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c78cef',
    500: '#aa59e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa59e6;
$custom-light: #c78cef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa59e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.468,
    "s": 73.822,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62289,
    "c": 0.20993,
    "h": 307.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21404
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA59E6

secondary

#CAE7B4

accent

#D61064

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#130C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA59E6

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

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