#AA40BF#AA40BF

#AA40BF is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.160; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.206 H 320.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA40BF
RGB	rgb(170, 64, 191)
HSL	hsl(290, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(290, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(11%, 66.5%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.94, 60.65, -46.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.94, 76.54, 322.40°)
OKLab	oklab(56.89% 0.1588 -0.1304)
OKLCH	oklch(56.89% 0.206 320.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.8138, 15.9758, 50.8987)
Luminance	0.1597 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA40BF #55BF40

analogous

#6B40BF #AA40BF #BF4094

triadic

#AA40BF #BFAA40 #40BFAA

tetradic

#AA40BF #BF6B40 #55BF40 #4094BF

square

#AA40BF #BF6B40 #55BF40 #4094BF

split-complementary

#AA40BF #94BF40 #40BF6B

monochromatic

#582163 #813191 #AA40BF #BE6ECE #D39CDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.01

#AA40BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.19

#AA40BF on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AA40BF

5.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA40BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AA40BF	1.00	5.01	4.19	5.01
#FFFFFF	5.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1768C3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C73BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB567A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa40bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 64, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.206 320.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c77dd3',
    500: '#aa40bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa40bf;
$custom-light: #c77dd3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa40bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.079,
    "s": 49.804,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56888,
    "c": 0.20554,
    "h": 320.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.15974
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA40BF

secondary

#9ACA91

accent

#D94E65

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F9EEFA

border

#D2C9D3

text

#130A14

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA40BF

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

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