#AA40DE#AA40DE

#AA40DE is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.175; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.234 H 312.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA40DE
RGB	rgb(170, 64, 222)
HSL	hsl(280, 71%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(280, 71%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.4%, 71.2%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.87, 66.75, -61.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.87, 90.71, 317.38°)
OKLab	oklab(58.88% 0.1566 -0.1736)
OKLCH	oklch(58.88% 0.234 312)
XYZ	xyz(31.5934, 17.4876, 70.8043)
Luminance	0.1749 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA40DE #74DE40

analogous

#5B40DE #AA40DE #DE40C3

triadic

#AA40DE #DEAA40 #40DEAA

tetradic

#AA40DE #DE5B40 #74DE40 #40C3DE

square

#AA40DE #DE5B40 #74DE40 #40C3DE

split-complementary

#AA40DE #C3DE40 #40DE5B

monochromatic

#66188B #8B21C0 #AA40DE #C174E7 #D8A8F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.67

#AA40DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.50

#AA40DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AA40DE

4.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA40DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AA40DE	1.00	4.67	4.50	4.67
#FFFFFF	4.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006FE3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2C76DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4638B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa40de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 64, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.234 312.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c87ee9',
    500: '#aa40de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa40de;
$custom-light: #c87ee9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa40de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.253,
    "s": 70.536,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58881,
    "c": 0.23377,
    "h": 312
  },
  "luminance": 0.17487
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA40DE

secondary

#B2DE9C

accent

#ED3A75

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9EFFD

border

#D2CAD5

text

#140B16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA40DE

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

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