#AA40A8#AA40A8

#AA40A8 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.150; OKLCH L 55.6% C 0.186 H 328.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA40A8
RGB	rgb(170, 64, 168)
HSL	hsl(301, 45%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(301, 62%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.4%, 1.2%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.69, 56.48, -35.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.69, 66.54, 328.08°)
OKLab	oklab(55.58% 0.1582 -0.097)
OKLCH	oklch(55.58% 0.186 328.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.4785, 15.0417, 38.5996)
Luminance	0.1504 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA40A8 #40AA42

analogous

#7740AA #AA40A8 #AA4073

triadic

#AA40A8 #A8AA40 #40A8AA

tetradic

#AA40A8 #AA7740 #40AA42 #4073AA

square

#AA40A8 #AA7740 #40AA42 #4073AA

split-complementary

#AA40A8 #73AA40 #40AA77

monochromatic

#511F50 #7E2F7C #AA40A8 #C463C2 #D58FD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.24

#AA40A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.01

#AA40A8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AA40A8

5.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA40A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AA40A8	1.00	5.24	4.01	5.24
#FFFFFF	5.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.01	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3463AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A71A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF4D6E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa40a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 64, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.6% 0.186 328.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c67cc2',
    500: '#aa40a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa40a8;
$custom-light: #c67cc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa40a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 301.132,
    "s": 45.299,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55579,
    "c": 0.18553,
    "h": 328.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.1504
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA40A8

secondary

#86C087

accent

#D55553

background

#FCF7FC

surface

#F8EEF8

border

#D1C9D1

text

#130A12

muted

#827C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA40A8

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

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