#AA40E1#AA40E1

#AA40E1 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.176; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.237 H 311.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA40E1
RGB	rgb(170, 64, 225)
HSL	hsl(280, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(280, 72%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.4%, 71.6%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.07, 67.36, -62.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.07, 92.10, 317.00°)
OKLab	oklab(59.09% 0.1562 -0.1777)
OKLCH	oklch(59.09% 0.237 311.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.9990, 17.6499, 72.9407)
Luminance	0.1765 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA40E1 #77E140

analogous

#5A40E1 #AA40E1 #E140C8

triadic

#AA40E1 #E1AA40 #40E1AA

tetradic

#AA40E1 #E15A40 #77E140 #40C8E1

square

#AA40E1 #E15A40 #77E140 #40C8E1

split-complementary

#AA40E1 #C8E140 #40E15A

monochromatic

#671790 #8C1FC5 #AA40E1 #C275E9 #D9AAF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.64

#AA40E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.53

#AA40E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AA40E1

4.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA40E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AA40E1	1.00	4.64	4.53	4.64
#FFFFFF	4.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0070E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2776DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3648D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa40e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 64, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.237 311.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c87eeb',
    500: '#aa40e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa40e1;
$custom-light: #c87eeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa40e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.503,
    "s": 72.851,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59086,
    "c": 0.23654,
    "h": 311.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.17649
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA40E1

secondary

#B4DF9D

accent

#F03877

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9EFFD

border

#D2CAD5

text

#140B16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA40E1

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

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