#AA40C2#AA40C2

#AA40C2 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.208 H 319.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA40C2
RGB	rgb(170, 64, 194)
HSL	hsl(289, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(289, 67%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.4%, 67%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.12, 61.22, -48.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.12, 77.89, 321.81°)
OKLab	oklab(57.07% 0.1588 -0.1347)
OKLCH	oklch(57.07% 0.208 319.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.1473, 16.1092, 52.6552)
Luminance	0.1611 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA40C2 #58C240

analogous

#6940C2 #AA40C2 #C24099

triadic

#AA40C2 #C2AA40 #40C2AA

tetradic

#AA40C2 #C26940 #58C240 #4099C2

square

#AA40C2 #C26940 #58C240 #4099C2

split-complementary

#AA40C2 #99C240 #40C269

monochromatic

#5A2167 #823095 #AA40C2 #BF6ED1 #D39DE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.97

#AA40C2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.22

#AA40C2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AA40C2

4.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA40C2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AA40C2	1.00	4.97	4.22	4.97
#FFFFFF	4.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0F69C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A73BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA577C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa40c2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 64, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.208 319.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c77dd5',
    500: '#aa40c2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa40c2;
$custom-light: #c77dd5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa40c2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.923,
    "s": 51.587,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5707,
    "c": 0.20824,
    "h": 319.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16108
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA40C2

secondary

#9DCC92

accent

#DB4D67

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F9EFFA

border

#D2CAD3

text

#130A14

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA40C2

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

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