#AA40D7#AA40D7

#AA40D7 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.227 H 313.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA40D7
RGB	rgb(170, 64, 215)
HSL	hsl(282, 65%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(282, 70%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.9%, 70.2%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.41, 65.33, -58.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.41, 87.48, 318.31°)
OKLab	oklab(58.41% 0.1574 -0.1641)
OKLCH	oklch(58.41% 0.227 313.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.6746, 17.1201, 65.9655)
Luminance	0.1712 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA40D7 #6DD740

analogous

#5E40D7 #AA40D7 #D740B9

triadic

#AA40D7 #D7AA40 #40D7AA

tetradic

#AA40D7 #D75E40 #6DD740 #40B9D7

square

#AA40D7 #D75E40 #6DD740 #40B9D7

split-complementary

#AA40D7 #B9D740 #40D75E

monochromatic

#631B81 #8A26B4 #AA40D7 #C173E2 #D7A5EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.75

#AA40D7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.42

#AA40D7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AA40D7

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA40D7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AA40D7	1.00	4.75	4.42	4.75
#FFFFFF	4.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006DDB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3675D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A66087

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa40d7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 64, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.227 313.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c87ee4',
    500: '#aa40d7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa40d7;
$custom-light: #c87ee4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa40d7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.119,
    "s": 65.368,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58409,
    "c": 0.22733,
    "h": 313.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.17119
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA40D7

secondary

#ADD99A

accent

#E83F72

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9EFFC

border

#D2CAD5

text

#140A16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA40D7

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

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