#AA40D1#AA40D1

#AA40D1 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.222 H 315.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA40D1
RGB	rgb(170, 64, 209)
HSL	hsl(284, 61%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(284, 69%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.7%, 69.4%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.03, 64.13, -55.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.03, 84.72, 319.20°)
OKLab	oklab(58.02% 0.1579 -0.1558)
OKLCH	oklch(58.02% 0.222 315.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.9177, 16.8174, 61.9794)
Luminance	0.1682 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA40D1 #67D140

analogous

#6140D1 #AA40D1 #D140AF

triadic

#AA40D1 #D1AA40 #40D1AA

tetradic

#AA40D1 #D16140 #67D140 #40AFD1

square

#AA40D1 #D16140 #67D140 #40AFD1

split-complementary

#AA40D1 #AFD140 #40D161

monochromatic

#611D79 #8829AB #AA40D1 #C071DD #D6A3E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.81

#AA40D1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.36

#AA40D1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AA40D1

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA40D1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AA40D1	1.00	4.81	4.36	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006CD5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3D75CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A75D84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa40d1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 64, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.222 315.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c77de0',
    500: '#aa40d1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa40d1;
$custom-light: #c77de0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa40d1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.862,
    "s": 61.181,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58015,
    "c": 0.22183,
    "h": 315.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16816
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA40D1

secondary

#A8D597

accent

#E4446F

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F9EFFB

border

#D2CAD4

text

#140A15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA40D1

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

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