#AA40BE#AA40BE

#AA40BE is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.159; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.205 H 320.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA40BE
RGB	rgb(170, 64, 190)
HSL	hsl(290, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(290, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.5%, 66.3%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.88, 60.46, -46.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.88, 76.10, 322.61°)
OKLab	oklab(56.83% 0.1589 -0.129)
OKLCH	oklch(56.83% 0.205 320.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.7041, 15.9319, 50.3211)
Luminance	0.1593 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA40BE #54BE40

analogous

#6B40BE #AA40BE #BE4093

triadic

#AA40BE #BEAA40 #40BEAA

tetradic

#AA40BE #BE6B40 #54BE40 #4093BE

square

#AA40BE #BE6B40 #54BE40 #4093BE

split-complementary

#AA40BE #93BE40 #40BE6B

monochromatic

#582162 #813190 #AA40BE #BF6DCE #D39BDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.02

#AA40BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.19

#AA40BE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AA40BE

5.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA40BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AA40BE	1.00	5.02	4.19	5.02
#FFFFFF	5.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1968C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D73BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB567A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa40be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 64, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.205 320.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c77dd2',
    500: '#aa40be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa40be;
$custom-light: #c77dd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa40be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.476,
    "s": 49.606,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56828,
    "c": 0.20465,
    "h": 320.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.15931
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA40BE

secondary

#99C990

accent

#D94F65

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F9EEFA

border

#D2C9D3

text

#130A14

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA40BE

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

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