#AA40D5#AA40D5

#AA40D5 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.226 H 314.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA40D5
RGB	rgb(170, 64, 213)
HSL	hsl(283, 64%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(283, 70%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.2%, 70%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.28, 64.93, -57.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.28, 86.56, 318.60°)
OKLab	oklab(58.28% 0.1576 -0.1613)
OKLCH	oklch(58.28% 0.226 314.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.4192, 17.0180, 64.6203)
Luminance	0.1702 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA40D5 #6BD540

analogous

#6040D5 #AA40D5 #D540B5

triadic

#AA40D5 #D5AA40 #40D5AA

tetradic

#AA40D5 #D56040 #6BD540 #40B5D5

square

#AA40D5 #D56040 #6BD540 #40B5D5

split-complementary

#AA40D5 #B5D540 #40D560

monochromatic

#621C7F #8927B1 #AA40D5 #C072E0 #D7A4EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.77

#AA40D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.40

#AA40D5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AA40D5

4.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA40D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AA40D5	1.00	4.77	4.40	4.77
#FFFFFF	4.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006DD9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3875D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A65F86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa40d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 64, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.226 314.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c77ee3',
    500: '#aa40d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa40d5;
$custom-light: #c77ee3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa40d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.685,
    "s": 63.948,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58277,
    "c": 0.2255,
    "h": 314.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.17017
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA40D5

secondary

#ABD899

accent

#E74171

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9EFFC

border

#D2CAD5

text

#140A15

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA40D5

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

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