#AA40C9#AA40C9

#AA40C9 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.215 H 317.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA40C9
RGB	rgb(170, 64, 201)
HSL	hsl(286, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(286, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.4%, 68.2%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.54, 62.56, -51.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.54, 81.06, 320.52°)
OKLab	oklab(57.5% 0.1585 -0.1446)
OKLCH	oklch(57.5% 0.215 317.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.9521, 16.4311, 56.8935)
Luminance	0.1643 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA40C9 #5FC940

analogous

#6640C9 #AA40C9 #C940A4

triadic

#AA40C9 #C9AA40 #40C9AA

tetradic

#AA40C9 #C96640 #5FC940 #40A4C9

square

#AA40C9 #C96640 #5FC940 #40A4C9

split-complementary

#AA40C9 #A4C940 #40C966

monochromatic

#5D1F6F #852D9F #AA40C9 #BF70D6 #D49FE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.90

#AA40C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.29

#AA40C9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AA40C9

4.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA40C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AA40C9	1.00	4.90	4.29	4.90
#FFFFFF	4.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006ACD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4474C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A95A80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa40c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 64, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.215 317.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c77dda',
    500: '#aa40c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa40c9;
$custom-light: #c77dda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa40c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.423,
    "s": 55.918,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57504,
    "c": 0.21455,
    "h": 317.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.1643
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA40C9

secondary

#A2D094

accent

#DF496B

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F9EFFB

border

#D2CAD4

text

#130A15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA40C9

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

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