#AA42B0#AA42B0

#AA42B0 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.156; OKLCH L 56.2% C 0.190 H 325.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA42B0
RGB	rgb(170, 66, 176)
HSL	hsl(297, 45%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(297, 63%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.4%, 62.5%, 0%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.42, 57.04, -38.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.42, 68.96, 325.80°)
OKLab	oklab(56.24% 0.1563 -0.1074)
OKLCH	oklch(56.24% 0.19 325.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.3617, 15.5787, 42.6843)
Luminance	0.1558 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA42B0 #48B042

analogous

#7342B0 #AA42B0 #B0427F

triadic

#AA42B0 #B0AA42 #42B0AA

tetradic

#AA42B0 #B07342 #48B042 #427FB0

square

#AA42B0 #B07342 #48B042 #427FB0

split-complementary

#AA42B0 #7FB042 #42B073

monochromatic

#542157 #7F3183 #AA42B0 #C169C7 #D495D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.10

#AA42B0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.12

#AA42B0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AA42B0

5.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA42B0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AA42B0	1.00	5.10	4.12	5.10
#FFFFFF	5.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3066B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5772AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE5173

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa42b0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 66, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.2% 0.190 325.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c67dc8',
    500: '#aa42b0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa42b0;
$custom-light: #c67dc8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa42b0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 296.727,
    "s": 45.455,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5624,
    "c": 0.18959,
    "h": 325.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.15577
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA42B0

secondary

#8EC38B

accent

#D5535A

background

#FCF8FC

surface

#F8EFF8

border

#D1CAD1

text

#130A13

muted

#827C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA42B0

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

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