#AA40AE#AA40AE

#AA40AE is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.153; OKLCH L 55.9% C 0.191 H 326.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA40AE
RGB	rgb(170, 64, 174)
HSL	hsl(298, 46%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(298, 63%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.3%, 63.2%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.00, 57.53, -38.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.00, 69.08, 326.39°)
OKLab	oklab(55.91% 0.1585 -0.1058)
OKLCH	oklch(55.91% 0.191 326.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.0504, 15.2705, 41.6116)
Luminance	0.1527 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA40AE #44AE40

analogous

#7340AE #AA40AE #AE407B

triadic

#AA40AE #AEAA40 #40AEAA

tetradic

#AA40AE #AE7340 #44AE40 #407BAE

square

#AA40AE #AE7340 #44AE40 #407BAE

split-complementary

#AA40AE #7BAE40 #40AE73

monochromatic

#531F55 #7E3081 #AA40AE #C365C6 #D492D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.18

#AA40AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.05

#AA40AE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AA40AE

5.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA40AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AA40AE	1.00	5.18	4.05	5.18
#FFFFFF	5.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2F64B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5772AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE4F71

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa40ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 64, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.9% 0.191 326.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c67cc6',
    500: '#aa40ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa40ae;
$custom-light: #c67cc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa40ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297.818,
    "s": 46.218,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55905,
    "c": 0.19062,
    "h": 326.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.15269
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA40AE

secondary

#8AC288

accent

#D65257

background

#FCF7FC

surface

#F8EEF8

border

#D1C9D1

text

#130A13

muted

#827C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA40AE

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →