#AA40B9#AA40B9

#AA40B9 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.157; OKLCH L 56.5% C 0.200 H 322.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA40B9
RGB	rgb(170, 64, 185)
HSL	hsl(293, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(293, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.1%, 65.4%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.60, 59.53, -43.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.60, 73.87, 323.69°)
OKLab	oklab(56.53% 0.1589 -0.1218)
OKLCH	oklch(56.53% 0.2 322.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.1670, 15.7171, 47.4923)
Luminance	0.1572 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA40B9 #4FB940

analogous

#6E40B9 #AA40B9 #B9408C

triadic

#AA40B9 #B9AA40 #40B9AA

tetradic

#AA40B9 #B96E40 #4FB940 #408CB9

square

#AA40B9 #B96E40 #4FB940 #408CB9

split-complementary

#AA40B9 #8CB940 #40B96E

monochromatic

#56215E #80308C #AA40B9 #C06BCC #D398DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.07

#AA40B9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.14

#AA40B9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AA40B9

5.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA40B9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AA40B9	1.00	5.07	4.14	5.07
#FFFFFF	5.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2267BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5073B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC5477

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa40b9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 64, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.5% 0.200 322.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c77dce',
    500: '#aa40b9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa40b9;
$custom-light: #c77dce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa40b9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 292.562,
    "s": 48.594,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56532,
    "c": 0.20021,
    "h": 322.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.15716
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA40B9

secondary

#95C78E

accent

#D85061

background

#FCF7FC

surface

#F8EEF9

border

#D1C9D2

text

#130A14

muted

#827C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA40B9

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

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