#AA40DA#AA40DA

#AA40DA is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.230 H 313.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA40DA
RGB	rgb(170, 64, 218)
HSL	hsl(281, 68%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(281, 71%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(22%, 70.6%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.61, 65.94, -59.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.61, 88.87, 317.90°)
OKLab	oklab(58.61% 0.157 -0.1682)
OKLCH	oklch(58.61% 0.23 313)
XYZ	xyz(31.0636, 17.2757, 68.0143)
Luminance	0.1727 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA40DA #70DA40

analogous

#5D40DA #AA40DA #DA40BD

triadic

#AA40DA #DAAA40 #40DAAA

tetradic

#AA40DA #DA5D40 #70DA40 #40BDDA

square

#AA40DA #DA5D40 #70DA40 #40BDDA

split-complementary

#AA40DA #BDDA40 #40DA5D

monochromatic

#641A86 #8A24B9 #AA40DA #C173E4 #D8A7EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.71

#AA40DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.46

#AA40DA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AA40DA

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA40DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AA40DA	1.00	4.71	4.46	4.71
#FFFFFF	4.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006EDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3276D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A56189

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa40da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 64, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.230 313.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c87ee6',
    500: '#aa40da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa40da;
$custom-light: #c87ee6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa40da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.299,
    "s": 67.544,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5861,
    "c": 0.23009,
    "h": 313
  },
  "luminance": 0.17275
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA40DA

secondary

#AFDB9B

accent

#EA3D73

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9EFFC

border

#D2CAD5

text

#140B16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA40DA

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

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