#AA40C5#AA40C5

#AA40C5 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.211 H 318.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA40C5
RGB	rgb(170, 64, 197)
HSL	hsl(288, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(288, 68%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.7%, 67.5%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.29, 61.79, -49.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.29, 79.25, 321.24°)
OKLab	oklab(57.25% 0.1587 -0.139)
OKLCH	oklch(57.25% 0.211 318.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.4877, 16.2453, 54.4476)
Luminance	0.1624 (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

#AA40C5 #5BC540

analogous

#6740C5 #AA40C5 #C5409D

triadic

#AA40C5 #C5AA40 #40C5AA

tetradic

#AA40C5 #C56740 #5BC540 #409DC5

square

#AA40C5 #C56740 #5BC540 #409DC5

split-complementary

#AA40C5 #9DC540 #40C567

monochromatic

#5B206A #842F99 #AA40C5 #BF6FD3 #D49EE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.94

#AA40C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.25

#AA40C5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AA40C5

4.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA40C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AA40C5	1.00	4.94	4.25	4.94
#FFFFFF	4.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0369C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4874C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA587E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa40c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 64, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.211 318.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c77dd7',
    500: '#aa40c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa40c5;
$custom-light: #c77dd7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa40c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.82,
    "s": 53.414,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57254,
    "c": 0.21093,
    "h": 318.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.16244
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA40C5

secondary

#9FCE93

accent

#DD4B69

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F9EFFA

border

#D2CAD3

text

#130A14

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA40C5

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

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