#AA40C1#AA40C1

#AA40C1 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.207 H 320.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA40C1
RGB	rgb(170, 64, 193)
HSL	hsl(289, 51%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(289, 67%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.9%, 66.8%, 0%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.06, 61.03, -47.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.06, 77.44, 322.00°)
OKLab	oklab(57.01% 0.1588 -0.1333)
OKLCH	oklch(57.01% 0.207 320)
XYZ	xyz(28.0354, 16.0644, 52.0657)
Luminance	0.1606 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA40C1 #57C140

analogous

#6940C1 #AA40C1 #C14098

triadic

#AA40C1 #C1AA40 #40C1AA

tetradic

#AA40C1 #C16940 #57C140 #4098C1

square

#AA40C1 #C16940 #57C140 #4098C1

split-complementary

#AA40C1 #98C140 #40C169

monochromatic

#592166 #823094 #AA40C1 #BF6ED0 #D39CDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.99

#AA40C1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.21

#AA40C1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AA40C1

4.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA40C1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AA40C1	1.00	4.99	4.21	4.99
#FFFFFF	4.99	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.99	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1268C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B73BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB577B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa40c1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 64, 193);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.207 320.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c77dd4',
    500: '#aa40c1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa40c1;
$custom-light: #c77dd4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa40c1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 193
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.302,
    "s": 50.988,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57009,
    "c": 0.20733,
    "h": 320
  },
  "luminance": 0.16063
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA40C1

secondary

#9CCB92

accent

#DA4D66

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F9EFFA

border

#D2CAD3

text

#130A14

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA40C1

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

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