#AA40B2#AA40B2

#AA40B2 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.154; OKLCH L 56.1% C 0.194 H 324.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA40B2
RGB	rgb(170, 64, 178)
HSL	hsl(296, 47%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(296, 64%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.5%, 64%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.22, 58.25, -40.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.22, 70.80, 325.35°)
OKLab	oklab(56.13% 0.1587 -0.1117)
OKLCH	oklch(56.13% 0.194 324.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.4462, 15.4288, 43.6959)
Luminance	0.1543 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA40B2 #48B240

analogous

#7140B2 #AA40B2 #B24081

triadic

#AA40B2 #B2AA40 #40B2AA

tetradic

#AA40B2 #B27140 #48B240 #4081B2

square

#AA40B2 #B27140 #48B240 #4081B2

split-complementary

#AA40B2 #81B240 #40B271

monochromatic

#542058 #7F3085 #AA40B2 #C167C8 #D494D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.14

#AA40B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.09

#AA40B2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AA40B2

5.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA40B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AA40B2	1.00	5.14	4.09	5.14
#FFFFFF	5.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.09	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2B65B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5572AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE5173

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa40b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 64, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.1% 0.194 324.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c67cc9',
    500: '#aa40b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa40b2;
$custom-light: #c67cc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa40b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295.789,
    "s": 47.107,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56129,
    "c": 0.19407,
    "h": 324.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.15427
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA40B2

secondary

#8EC48A

accent

#D7515A

background

#FCF7FC

surface

#F8EEF8

border

#D1C9D1

text

#130A13

muted

#827C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA40B2

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

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