#AA5AE5#AA5AE5

#AA5AE5 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.207 H 308.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA5AE5
RGB	rgb(170, 90, 229)
HSL	hsl(275, 73%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(275, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.8%, 60.7%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.51, 56.62, -57.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.51, 81.00, 314.35°)
OKLab	oklab(62.36% 0.1278 -0.1635)
OKLCH	oklch(62.36% 0.207 308)
XYZ	xyz(34.3737, 21.5160, 76.4557)
Luminance	0.2152 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA5AE5 #95E55A

analogous

#645AE5 #AA5AE5 #E55ADB

triadic

#AA5AE5 #E5AA5A #5AE5AA

tetradic

#AA5AE5 #E5645A #95E55A #5ADBE5

square

#AA5AE5 #E5645A #95E55A #5ADBE5

split-complementary

#AA5AE5 #DBE55A #5AE564

monochromatic

#6D1BAA #8F25DD #AA5AE5 #C58FED #E0C4F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.96

#AA5AE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.30

#AA5AE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA5AE5

5.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA5AE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA5AE5	1.00	3.96	5.30	5.30
#FFFFFF	3.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#177DE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4481E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A17597

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa5ae5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 90, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.207 308.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c78dee',
    500: '#aa5ae5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa5ae5;
$custom-light: #c78dee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa5ae5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.532,
    "s": 72.775,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62357,
    "c": 0.20748,
    "h": 308
  },
  "luminance": 0.21516
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA5AE5

secondary

#CAE7B4

accent

#D51164

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#130C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA5AE5

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

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