#AA5CA5#AA5CA5

#AA5CA5 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.139 H 329.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA5CA5
RGB	rgb(170, 92, 165)
HSL	hsl(304, 31%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(304, 46%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.9%, 2.9%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.59, 42.44, -25.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.59, 49.65, 328.74°)
OKLab	oklab(59.14% 0.1194 -0.0702)
OKLCH	oklch(59.14% 0.139 329.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.1959, 18.9184, 37.8092)
Luminance	0.1892 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA5CA5 #5CAA61

analogous

#885CAA #AA5CA5 #AA5C7E

triadic

#AA5CA5 #A5AA5C #5CA5AA

tetradic

#AA5CA5 #AA885C #5CAA61 #5C7EAA

square

#AA5CA5 #AA885C #5CAA61 #5C7EAA

split-complementary

#AA5CA5 #7EAA5C #5CAA88

monochromatic

#5C3059 #844580 #AA5CA5 #BF84BB #D4ACD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.39

#AA5CA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.78

#AA5CA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA5CA5

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA5CA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA5CA5	1.00	4.39	4.78	4.78
#FFFFFF	4.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5872A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D7CA3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF6379

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa5ca5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 92, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.139 329.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c58dc0',
    500: '#aa5ca5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa5ca5;
$custom-light: #c58dc0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa5ca5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 303.846,
    "s": 31.452,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5914,
    "c": 0.13853,
    "h": 329.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.18917
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA5CA5

secondary

#A0C2A2

accent

#C86760

background

#FCF8FB

surface

#F8F0F7

border

#D1CBD0

text

#130C12

muted

#827D81

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA5CA5

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

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