#AA40BC#AA40BC

#AA40BC is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.158; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.203 H 321.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA40BC
RGB	rgb(170, 64, 188)
HSL	hsl(291, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(291, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.6%, 66%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.77, 60.09, -45.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.77, 75.20, 323.03°)
OKLab	oklab(56.71% 0.1589 -0.1262)
OKLCH	oklch(56.71% 0.203 321.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.4871, 15.8451, 49.1778)
Luminance	0.1584 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA40BC #52BC40

analogous

#6C40BC #AA40BC #BC4090

triadic

#AA40BC #BCAA40 #40BCAA

tetradic

#AA40BC #BC6C40 #52BC40 #4090BC

square

#AA40BC #BC6C40 #52BC40 #4090BC

split-complementary

#AA40BC #90BC40 #40BC6C

monochromatic

#572161 #81308E #AA40BC #BF6CCD #D39ADD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.04

#AA40BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.17

#AA40BC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AA40BC

5.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA40BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AA40BC	1.00	5.04	4.17	5.04
#FFFFFF	5.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1D67C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E73B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC5579

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa40bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 64, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.203 321.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c77dd1',
    500: '#aa40bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa40bc;
$custom-light: #c77dd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa40bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.29,
    "s": 49.206,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56709,
    "c": 0.20287,
    "h": 321.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.15844
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA40BC

secondary

#98C98F

accent

#D94F63

background

#FCF7FC

surface

#F9EEF9

border

#D2C9D2

text

#130A14

muted

#827C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA40BC

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

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