#AA5EE5#AA5EE5

#AA5EE5 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.222; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.202 H 307.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA5EE5
RGB	rgb(170, 94, 229)
HSL	hsl(274, 72%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(274, 59%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.8%, 59%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.25, 54.63, -56.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.25, 78.76, 313.92°)
OKLab	oklab(62.89% 0.123 -0.16)
OKLCH	oklch(62.89% 0.202 307.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.7202, 22.2090, 76.5712)
Luminance	0.2221 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA5EE5 #99E55E

analogous

#665EE5 #AA5EE5 #E55EDC

triadic

#AA5EE5 #E5AA5E #5EE5AA

tetradic

#AA5EE5 #E5665E #99E55E #5EDCE5

square

#AA5EE5 #E5665E #99E55E #5EDCE5

split-complementary

#AA5EE5 #DCE55E #5EE566

monochromatic

#6D1CAD #8E29DC #AA5EE5 #C693EE #E2C7F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.86

#AA5EE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.44

#AA5EE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA5EE5

5.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA5EE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA5EE5	1.00	3.86	5.44	5.44
#FFFFFF	3.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#257FE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4882E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A17899

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa5ee5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 94, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.202 307.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c78fee',
    500: '#aa5ee5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa5ee5;
$custom-light: #c78fee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa5ee5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.778,
    "s": 72.193,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62894,
    "c": 0.20181,
    "h": 307.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22209
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA5EE5

secondary

#CCE7B7

accent

#D41166

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F9F1FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#130D16

muted

#827E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA5EE5

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

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