#AA40C3#AA40C3

#AA40C3 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.209 H 319.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA40C3
RGB	rgb(170, 64, 195)
HSL	hsl(289, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(289, 67%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.8%, 67.2%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.18, 61.41, -48.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.18, 78.34, 321.61°)
OKLab	oklab(57.13% 0.1588 -0.1361)
OKLCH	oklch(57.13% 0.209 319.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.2600, 16.1543, 53.2487)
Luminance	0.1615 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA40C3 #59C340

analogous

#6840C3 #AA40C3 #C3409A

triadic

#AA40C3 #C3AA40 #40C3AA

tetradic

#AA40C3 #C36840 #59C340 #409AC3

square

#AA40C3 #C36840 #59C340 #409AC3

split-complementary

#AA40C3 #9AC340 #40C368

monochromatic

#5A2168 #832F97 #AA40C3 #BF6FD2 #D39DE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.96

#AA40C3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.23

#AA40C3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AA40C3

4.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA40C3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AA40C3	1.00	4.96	4.23	4.96
#FFFFFF	4.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0B69C7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4973C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA587C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa40c3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 64, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.209 319.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c77dd6',
    500: '#aa40c3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa40c3;
$custom-light: #c77dd6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa40c3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.55,
    "s": 52.191,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57131,
    "c": 0.20914,
    "h": 319.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16153
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA40C3

secondary

#9DCC92

accent

#DC4C68

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F9EFFA

border

#D2CAD3

text

#130A14

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA40C3

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

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