#AA40C0#AA40C0

#AA40C0 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.160; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.206 H 320.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA40C0
RGB	rgb(170, 64, 192)
HSL	hsl(290, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(290, 67%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.5%, 66.7%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.00, 60.84, -47.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.00, 76.99, 322.20°)
OKLab	oklab(56.95% 0.1588 -0.1319)
OKLCH	oklch(56.95% 0.206 320.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.9242, 16.0200, 51.4802)
Luminance	0.1602 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA40C0 #56C040

analogous

#6A40C0 #AA40C0 #C04096

triadic

#AA40C0 #C0AA40 #40C0AA

tetradic

#AA40C0 #C06A40 #56C040 #4096C0

square

#AA40C0 #C06A40 #56C040 #4096C0

split-complementary

#AA40C0 #96C040 #40C06A

monochromatic

#592164 #823092 #AA40C0 #BE6ECF #D39CDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.00

#AA40C0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.20

#AA40C0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AA40C0

5.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA40C0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AA40C0	1.00	5.00	4.20	5.00
#FFFFFF	5.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1468C4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C73BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB567B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa40c0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 64, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.206 320.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c77dd3',
    500: '#aa40c0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa40c0;
$custom-light: #c77dd3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa40c0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.688,
    "s": 50.394,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56948,
    "c": 0.20644,
    "h": 320.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16019
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA40C0

secondary

#9BCB91

accent

#DA4E66

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F9EEFA

border

#D2C9D3

text

#130A14

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA40C0

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

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