#AA40C8#AA40C8

#AA40C8 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.214 H 317.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA40C8
RGB	rgb(170, 64, 200)
HSL	hsl(287, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(287, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(15%, 68%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.47, 62.37, -51.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.47, 80.61, 320.69°)
OKLab	oklab(57.44% 0.1585 -0.1432)
OKLCH	oklch(57.44% 0.214 317.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.8348, 16.3842, 56.2760)
Luminance	0.1638 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA40C8 #5EC840

analogous

#6640C8 #AA40C8 #C840A2

triadic

#AA40C8 #C8AA40 #40C8AA

tetradic

#AA40C8 #C86640 #5EC840 #40A2C8

square

#AA40C8 #C86640 #5EC840 #40A2C8

split-complementary

#AA40C8 #A2C840 #40C866

monochromatic

#5D206E #852D9D #AA40C8 #BF70D6 #D49FE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.91

#AA40C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.28

#AA40C8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AA40C8

4.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA40C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AA40C8	1.00	4.91	4.28	4.91
#FFFFFF	4.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006ACC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4574C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A95A7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa40c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 64, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.214 317.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c77dd9',
    500: '#aa40c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa40c8;
$custom-light: #c77dd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa40c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.765,
    "s": 55.285,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57441,
    "c": 0.21365,
    "h": 317.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16383
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA40C8

secondary

#A1D094

accent

#DF496A

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F9EFFB

border

#D2CAD4

text

#130A15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA40C8

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

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