#AA40B8#AA40B8

#AA40B8 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.157; OKLCH L 56.5% C 0.199 H 322.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA40B8
RGB	rgb(170, 64, 184)
HSL	hsl(293, 48%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(293, 65%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.6%, 65.2%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.55, 59.34, -43.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.55, 73.43, 323.92°)
OKLab	oklab(56.47% 0.1589 -0.1204)
OKLCH	oklch(56.47% 0.199 322.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.0618, 15.6750, 46.9383)
Luminance	0.1567 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA40B8 #4EB840

analogous

#6E40B8 #AA40B8 #B8408A

triadic

#AA40B8 #B8AA40 #40B8AA

tetradic

#AA40B8 #B86E40 #4EB840 #408AB8

square

#AA40B8 #B86E40 #4EB840 #408AB8

split-complementary

#AA40B8 #8AB840 #40B86E

monochromatic

#56205D #80308B #AA40B8 #C06ACB #D397DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.08

#AA40B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.13

#AA40B8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AA40B8

5.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA40B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AA40B8	1.00	5.08	4.13	5.08
#FFFFFF	5.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2366BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5172B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC5377

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa40b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 64, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.5% 0.199 322.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c67dce',
    500: '#aa40b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa40b8;
$custom-light: #c67dce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa40b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 293,
    "s": 48.387,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56473,
    "c": 0.19933,
    "h": 322.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.15674
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA40B8

secondary

#94C78D

accent

#D85060

background

#FCF7FC

surface

#F8EEF9

border

#D1C9D2

text

#130A13

muted

#827C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA40B8

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

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