#AA5AEE#AA5AEE

#AA5AEE is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.217 H 306.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA5AEE
RGB	rgb(170, 90, 238)
HSL	hsl(272, 81%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(272, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.6%, 62.2%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.06, 58.65, -62.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.06, 85.40, 313.37°)
OKLab	oklab(62.93% 0.1275 -0.1757)
OKLCH	oklch(62.93% 0.217 306)
XYZ	xyz(35.6630, 22.0317, 83.2461)
Luminance	0.2203 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA5AEE #9EEE5A

analogous

#605AEE #AA5AEE #EE5AE8

triadic

#AA5AEE #EEAA5A #5AEEAA

tetradic

#AA5AEE #EE605A #9EEE5A #5AE8EE

square

#AA5AEE #EE605A #9EEE5A #5AE8EE

split-complementary

#AA5AEE #E8EE5A #5AEE60

monochromatic

#6E13BA #8D23E8 #AA5AEE #C791F4 #E3C9F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.88

#AA5AEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.41

#AA5AEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA5AEE

5.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA5AEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA5AEE	1.00	3.88	5.41	5.41
#FFFFFF	3.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007FF3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3982EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9E799C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa5aee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 90, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.217 306.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c88df4',
    500: '#aa5aee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa5aee;
$custom-light: #c88df4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa5aee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.432,
    "s": 81.319,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62933,
    "c": 0.21703,
    "h": 306
  },
  "luminance": 0.22031
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA5AEE

secondary

#D0ECB8

accent

#DE086A

background

#FCF8FF

surface

#F9F0FE

border

#D2CBD6

text

#140C17

muted

#827D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA5AEE

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

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