#AA40E2#AA40E2

#AA40E2 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.177; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.237 H 311.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA40E2
RGB	rgb(170, 64, 226)
HSL	hsl(279, 74%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(279, 72%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.8%, 71.7%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.14, 67.57, -63.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.14, 92.57, 316.88°)
OKLab	oklab(59.16% 0.156 -0.179)
OKLCH	oklch(59.16% 0.237 311.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.1358, 17.7046, 73.6612)
Luminance	0.1770 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA40E2 #78E240

analogous

#5940E2 #AA40E2 #E240C9

triadic

#AA40E2 #E2AA40 #40E2AA

tetradic

#AA40E2 #E25940 #78E240 #40C9E2

square

#AA40E2 #E25940 #78E240 #40C9E2

split-complementary

#AA40E2 #C9E240 #40E259

monochromatic

#671692 #8C1EC7 #AA40E2 #C275EA #D9AAF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.62

#AA40E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.54

#AA40E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AA40E2

4.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA40E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AA40E2	1.00	4.62	4.54	4.62
#FFFFFF	4.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0070E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2577DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3648E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa40e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 64, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.237 311.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c87eec',
    500: '#aa40e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa40e2;
$custom-light: #c87eec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa40e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.259,
    "s": 73.636,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59155,
    "c": 0.23746,
    "h": 311.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.17704
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA40E2

secondary

#B5E09E

accent

#F03877

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9EFFD

border

#D2CAD5

text

#140B16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA40E2

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

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