#AA40C7#AA40C7

#AA40C7 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.163; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.213 H 318.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA40C7
RGB	rgb(170, 64, 199)
HSL	hsl(287, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(287, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.6%, 67.8%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.41, 62.18, -50.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.41, 80.15, 320.87°)
OKLab	oklab(57.38% 0.1586 -0.1418)
OKLCH	oklch(57.38% 0.213 318.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.7183, 16.3376, 55.6625)
Luminance	0.1634 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA40C7 #5DC740

analogous

#6740C7 #AA40C7 #C740A1

triadic

#AA40C7 #C7AA40 #40C7AA

tetradic

#AA40C7 #C76740 #5DC740 #40A1C7

square

#AA40C7 #C76740 #5DC740 #40A1C7

split-complementary

#AA40C7 #A1C740 #40C767

monochromatic

#5C206D #842E9C #AA40C7 #BF6FD5 #D49FE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.92

#AA40C7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.27

#AA40C7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AA40C7

4.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA40C7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AA40C7	1.00	4.92	4.27	4.92
#FFFFFF	4.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006ACB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4674C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9597F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa40c7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 64, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.213 318.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c77dd9',
    500: '#aa40c7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa40c7;
$custom-light: #c77dd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa40c7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.111,
    "s": 54.656,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57378,
    "c": 0.21274,
    "h": 318.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16336
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA40C7

secondary

#A0CF94

accent

#DE4A6A

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F9EFFA

border

#D2CAD3

text

#130A15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA40C7

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

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