#AA40D3#AA40D3

#AA40D3 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.224 H 314.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA40D3
RGB	rgb(170, 64, 211)
HSL	hsl(283, 63%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(283, 70%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.4%, 69.7%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.16, 64.53, -56.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.16, 85.64, 318.90°)
OKLab	oklab(58.15% 0.1578 -0.1586)
OKLCH	oklch(58.15% 0.224 314.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.1669, 16.9170, 63.2916)
Luminance	0.1692 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA40D3 #69D340

analogous

#6140D3 #AA40D3 #D340B3

triadic

#AA40D3 #D3AA40 #40D3AA

tetradic

#AA40D3 #D36140 #69D340 #40B3D3

square

#AA40D3 #D36140 #69D340 #40B3D3

split-complementary

#AA40D3 #B3D340 #40D361

monochromatic

#611D7C #8828AE #AA40D3 #C072DE #D6A3EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.79

#AA40D3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.38

#AA40D3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AA40D3

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA40D3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AA40D3	1.00	4.79	4.38	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006CD7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3B75D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A75E85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa40d3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 64, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.224 314.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c77ee1',
    500: '#aa40d3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa40d3;
$custom-light: #c77ee1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa40d3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.265,
    "s": 62.553,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58146,
    "c": 0.22367,
    "h": 314.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16916
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA40D3

secondary

#AAD798

accent

#E64270

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F9EFFB

border

#D2CAD4

text

#140A15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA40D3

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

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