#AA40DB#AA40DB

#AA40DB is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.231 H 312.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA40DB
RGB	rgb(170, 64, 219)
HSL	hsl(281, 68%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(281, 71%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.4%, 70.8%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.67, 66.14, -60.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.67, 89.33, 317.77°)
OKLab	oklab(58.68% 0.1569 -0.1695)
OKLCH	oklch(58.68% 0.231 312.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.1949, 17.3282, 68.7055)
Luminance	0.1733 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA40DB #71DB40

analogous

#5C40DB #AA40DB #DB40BF

triadic

#AA40DB #DBAA40 #40DBAA

tetradic

#AA40DB #DB5C40 #71DB40 #40BFDB

square

#AA40DB #DB5C40 #71DB40 #40BFDB

split-complementary

#AA40DB #BFDB40 #40DB5C

monochromatic

#641987 #8B23BB #AA40DB #C173E5 #D8A7EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.70

#AA40DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.47

#AA40DB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AA40DB

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA40DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AA40DB	1.00	4.70	4.47	4.70
#FFFFFF	4.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006EDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3176D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5618A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa40db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 64, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.231 312.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c87ee7',
    500: '#aa40db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa40db;
$custom-light: #c87ee7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa40db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.032,
    "s": 68.282,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58677,
    "c": 0.23101,
    "h": 312.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.17327
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA40DB

secondary

#B0DC9B

accent

#EB3D74

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9EFFC

border

#D2CAD5

text

#140B16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA40DB

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

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