#AA42A8#AA42A8

#AA42A8 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.153; OKLCH L 55.8% C 0.183 H 328.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA42A8
RGB	rgb(170, 66, 168)
HSL	hsl(301, 44%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(301, 61%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.2%, 1.2%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.00, 55.62, -34.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.00, 65.55, 328.05°)
OKLab	oklab(55.81% 0.1557 -0.0956)
OKLCH	oklch(55.81% 0.183 328.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.5934, 15.2713, 38.6378)
Luminance	0.1527 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA42A8 #42AA44

analogous

#7842AA #AA42A8 #AA4274

triadic

#AA42A8 #A8AA42 #42A8AA

tetradic

#AA42A8 #AA7842 #42AA44 #4274AA

square

#AA42A8 #AA7842 #42AA44 #4274AA

split-complementary

#AA42A8 #74AA42 #42AA78

monochromatic

#522051 #7E317C #AA42A8 #C366C2 #D592D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.18

#AA42A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.05

#AA42A8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AA42A8

5.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA42A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AA42A8	1.00	5.18	4.05	5.18
#FFFFFF	5.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3764AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B72A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF4E6F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa42a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 66, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.8% 0.183 328.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c67dc2',
    500: '#aa42a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa42a8;
$custom-light: #c67dc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa42a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 301.154,
    "s": 44.068,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55806,
    "c": 0.18271,
    "h": 328.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.1527
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA42A8

secondary

#88C089

accent

#D45654

background

#FCF7FC

surface

#F8EEF8

border

#D1C9D1

text

#130A12

muted

#827C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA42A8

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

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