#AA42A2#AA42A2

#AA42A2 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.151; OKLCH L 55.5% C 0.178 H 330.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA42A2
RGB	rgb(170, 66, 162)
HSL	hsl(305, 44%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(305, 61%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.2%, 4.7%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.71, 54.58, -31.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.71, 63.07, 329.93°)
OKLab	oklab(55.49% 0.1551 -0.0867)
OKLCH	oklch(55.49% 0.178 330.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.0472, 15.0529, 35.7617)
Luminance	0.1505 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA42A2 #42AA4A

analogous

#7E42AA #AA42A2 #AA426E

triadic

#AA42A2 #A2AA42 #42A2AA

tetradic

#AA42A2 #AA7E42 #42AA4A #426EAA

square

#AA42A2 #AA7E42 #42AA4A #426EAA

split-complementary

#AA42A2 #6EAA42 #42AA7E

monochromatic

#52204E #7E3178 #AA42A2 #C366BC #D592CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.24

#AA42A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.01

#AA42A2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AA42A2

5.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA42A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AA42A2	1.00	5.24	4.01	5.24
#FFFFFF	5.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.01	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3C63A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E719F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B04C6C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa42a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 66, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.5% 0.178 330.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c67dbe',
    500: '#aa42a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa42a2;
$custom-light: #c67dbe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa42a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 304.615,
    "s": 44.068,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55493,
    "c": 0.17768,
    "h": 330.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.15051
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA42A2

secondary

#88C08C

accent

#D45E54

background

#FCF7FB

surface

#F8EEF6

border

#D1C9D0

text

#130A12

muted

#827C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA42A2

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

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