#AA5CD5#AA5CD5

#AA5CD5 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.210; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.188 H 311.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA5CD5
RGB	rgb(170, 92, 213)
HSL	hsl(279, 59%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(279, 57%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.2%, 56.8%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.96, 52.10, -49.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.96, 72.05, 316.32°)
OKLab	oklab(61.66% 0.1252 -0.1396)
OKLCH	oklch(61.66% 0.188 311.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.4128, 21.0052, 65.2848)
Luminance	0.2100 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA5CD5 #87D55C

analogous

#6E5CD5 #AA5CD5 #D55CC3

triadic

#AA5CD5 #D5AA5C #5CD5AA

tetradic

#AA5CD5 #D56E5C #87D55C #5CC3D5

square

#AA5CD5 #D56E5C #87D55C #5CC3D5

split-complementary

#AA5CD5 #C3D55C #5CD56E

monochromatic

#6B2591 #8F32C2 #AA5CD5 #C38DE2 #DDBDEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.04

#AA5CD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.20

#AA5CD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA5CD5

5.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA5CD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA5CD5	1.00	4.04	5.20	5.20
#FFFFFF	4.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#377AD9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5480D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A57190

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa5cd5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 92, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.188 311.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c68de2',
    500: '#aa5cd5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa5cd5;
$custom-light: #c68de2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa5cd5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.678,
    "s": 59.024,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61655,
    "c": 0.18752,
    "h": 311.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21004
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA5CD5

secondary

#C0DEAF

accent

#E2467D

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F8F0FB

border

#D1CBD4

text

#130C15

muted

#827D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA5CD5

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

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