#AA66EE#AA66EE

#AA66EE is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.200 H 304.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA66EE
RGB	rgb(170, 102, 238)
HSL	hsl(270, 80%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(270, 57%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.6%, 57.1%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.31, 52.61, -58.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.31, 78.66, 311.98°)
OKLab	oklab(64.57% 0.1133 -0.1651)
OKLCH	oklch(64.57% 0.2 304.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.7582, 24.2220, 83.6112)
Luminance	0.2422 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA66EE #AAEE66

analogous

#6666EE #AA66EE #EE66EE

triadic

#AA66EE #EEAA66 #66EEAA

tetradic

#AA66EE #EE6666 #AAEE66 #66EEEE

square

#AA66EE #EE6666 #AAEE66 #66EEEE

split-complementary

#AA66EE #EEEE66 #66EE66

monochromatic

#6D16C4 #8B2FE8 #AA66EE #C99DF4 #E7D4FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#AA66EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.84

#AA66EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA66EE

5.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA66EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA66EE	1.00	3.59	5.84	5.84
#FFFFFF	3.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2D85F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4987EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9E81A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa66ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 102, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.200 304.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c794f4',
    500: '#aa66ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa66ee;
$custom-light: #c794f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa66ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 102,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 80,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6457,
    "c": 0.20023,
    "h": 304.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.24222
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA66EE

secondary

#D8EEC2

accent

#DC0973

background

#FCF9FF

surface

#F9F2FE

border

#D2CCD6

text

#130D17

muted

#827E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA66EE

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

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