#AA40D8#AA40D8

#AA40D8 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.228 H 313.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA40D8
RGB	rgb(170, 64, 216)
HSL	hsl(282, 66%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(282, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.3%, 70.4%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.48, 65.53, -58.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.48, 87.94, 318.17°)
OKLab	oklab(58.48% 0.1573 -0.1654)
OKLCH	oklch(58.48% 0.228 313.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.8035, 17.1717, 66.6443)
Luminance	0.1717 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA40D8 #6ED840

analogous

#5E40D8 #AA40D8 #D840BA

triadic

#AA40D8 #D8AA40 #40D8AA

tetradic

#AA40D8 #D85E40 #6ED840 #40BAD8

square

#AA40D8 #D85E40 #6ED840 #40BAD8

split-complementary

#AA40D8 #BAD840 #40D85E

monochromatic

#631B83 #8A25B6 #AA40D8 #C173E2 #D7A6ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.74

#AA40D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.43

#AA40D8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AA40D8

4.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA40D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AA40D8	1.00	4.74	4.43	4.74
#FFFFFF	4.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006EDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3576D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A56088

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa40d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 64, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.228 313.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c87ee5',
    500: '#aa40d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa40d8;
$custom-light: #c87ee5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa40d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.842,
    "s": 66.087,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58476,
    "c": 0.22825,
    "h": 313.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.17171
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA40D8

secondary

#ADDA9A

accent

#E93F72

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9EFFC

border

#D2CAD5

text

#140B16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA40D8

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

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