#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
RGBrgb(170, 64, 215)
HSLhsl(282, 65%, 55%)
HSVhsv(282, 70%, 84%)
CMYKcmyk(20.9%, 70.2%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LABlab(48.41, 65.33, -58.18)
CIE-LCHlch(48.41, 87.48, 318.31°)
OKLaboklab(58.41% 0.1574 -0.1641)
OKLCHoklch(58.41% 0.227 313.8)
XYZxyz(30.6746, 17.1201, 65.9655)
Luminance0.1712 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familypurple

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
##AA40D71.004.754.424.75
#FFFFFF4.751.0021.001.00
#0000004.4221.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF4.751.0021.001.00

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

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#AA40D7 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva