#AA40DC#AA40DC

#AA40DC is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.174; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.232 H 312.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA40DC
RGB	rgb(170, 64, 220)
HSL	hsl(281, 69%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(281, 71%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.7%, 70.9%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.74, 66.34, -60.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.74, 89.79, 317.63°)
OKLab	oklab(58.75% 0.1568 -0.1709)
OKLCH	oklch(58.75% 0.232 312.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.3269, 17.3810, 69.4009)
Luminance	0.1738 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA40DC #72DC40

analogous

#5C40DC #AA40DC #DC40C0

triadic

#AA40DC #DCAA40 #40DCAA

tetradic

#AA40DC #DC5C40 #72DC40 #40C0DC

square

#AA40DC #DC5C40 #72DC40 #40C0DC

split-complementary

#AA40DC #C0DC40 #40DC5C

monochromatic

#651989 #8B23BC #AA40DC #C174E5 #D8A7EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.69

#AA40DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.48

#AA40DC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AA40DC

4.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA40DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AA40DC	1.00	4.69	4.48	4.69
#FFFFFF	4.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006EE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2F76D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4628A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa40dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 64, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.232 312.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c87ee8',
    500: '#aa40dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa40dc;
$custom-light: #c87ee8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa40dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.769,
    "s": 69.027,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58745,
    "c": 0.23193,
    "h": 312.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.1738
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA40DC

secondary

#B0DC9B

accent

#EC3C74

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9EFFD

border

#D2CAD5

text

#140B16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA40DC

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

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