#AA40D2#AA40D2

#AA40D2 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.223 H 315.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA40D2
RGB	rgb(170, 64, 210)
HSL	hsl(284, 62%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(284, 70%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(19%, 69.5%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.09, 64.33, -55.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.09, 85.18, 319.05°)
OKLab	oklab(58.08% 0.1578 -0.1572)
OKLCH	oklch(58.08% 0.223 315.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.0419, 16.8671, 62.6334)
Luminance	0.1687 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA40D2 #68D240

analogous

#6140D2 #AA40D2 #D240B1

triadic

#AA40D2 #D2AA40 #40D2AA

tetradic

#AA40D2 #D26140 #68D240 #40B1D2

square

#AA40D2 #D26140 #68D240 #40B1D2

split-complementary

#AA40D2 #B1D240 #40D261

monochromatic

#611D7B #8829AC #AA40D2 #C072DE #D6A3E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.80

#AA40D2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.37

#AA40D2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AA40D2

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA40D2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AA40D2	1.00	4.80	4.37	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006CD6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3C75CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A75E85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa40d2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 64, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.223 315.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c77de0',
    500: '#aa40d2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa40d2;
$custom-light: #c77de0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa40d2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.562,
    "s": 61.864,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5808,
    "c": 0.22275,
    "h": 315.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16866
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA40D2

secondary

#A9D698

accent

#E5436F

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F9EFFB

border

#D2CAD4

text

#140A15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA40D2

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

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