#AA42A3#AA42A3

#AA42A3 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.151; OKLCH L 55.5% C 0.179 H 330.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA42A3
RGB	rgb(170, 66, 163)
HSL	hsl(304, 44%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(304, 61%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.2%, 4.1%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.76, 54.75, -32.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.76, 63.48, 329.61°)
OKLab	oklab(55.54% 0.1552 -0.0882)
OKLCH	oklch(55.54% 0.179 330.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.1365, 15.0886, 36.2317)
Luminance	0.1509 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA42A3 #42AA49

analogous

#7D42AA #AA42A3 #AA426F

triadic

#AA42A3 #A3AA42 #42A3AA

tetradic

#AA42A3 #AA7D42 #42AA49 #426FAA

square

#AA42A3 #AA7D42 #42AA49 #426FAA

split-complementary

#AA42A3 #6FAA42 #42AA7D

monochromatic

#52204E #7E3179 #AA42A3 #C366BD #D592D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.23

#AA42A3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.02

#AA42A3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AA42A3

5.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA42A3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AA42A3	1.00	5.23	4.02	5.23
#FFFFFF	5.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3B63A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E71A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B04D6C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa42a3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 66, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.5% 0.179 330.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c67dbe',
    500: '#aa42a3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa42a3;
$custom-light: #c67dbe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa42a3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 304.038,
    "s": 44.068,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55544,
    "c": 0.17851,
    "h": 330.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.15087
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA42A3

secondary

#88C08C

accent

#D45D54

background

#FCF7FB

surface

#F8EEF7

border

#D1C9D0

text

#130A12

muted

#827C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA42A3

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

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