#AA42B2#AA42B2

#AA42B2 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.157; OKLCH L 56.4% C 0.191 H 324.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA42B2
RGB	rgb(170, 66, 178)
HSL	hsl(296, 46%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(296, 63%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.5%, 62.9%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.52, 57.40, -39.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.52, 69.83, 325.28°)
OKLab	oklab(56.35% 0.1564 -0.1103)
OKLCH	oklch(56.35% 0.191 324.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.5610, 15.6584, 43.7342)
Luminance	0.1566 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA42B2 #4AB242

analogous

#7242B2 #AA42B2 #B24282

triadic

#AA42B2 #B2AA42 #42B2AA

tetradic

#AA42B2 #B27242 #4AB242 #4282B2

square

#AA42B2 #B27242 #4AB242 #4282B2

split-complementary

#AA42B2 #82B242 #42B272

monochromatic

#552159 #7F3185 #AA42B2 #C16AC8 #D396D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.08

#AA42B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.13

#AA42B2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AA42B2

5.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA42B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AA42B2	1.00	5.08	4.13	5.08
#FFFFFF	5.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2E66B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5673AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE5274

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa42b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 66, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.4% 0.191 324.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c67dc9',
    500: '#aa42b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa42b2;
$custom-light: #c67dc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa42b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295.714,
    "s": 45.902,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56351,
    "c": 0.19134,
    "h": 324.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.15657
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA42B2

secondary

#90C48C

accent

#D6525C

background

#FCF8FC

surface

#F8EFF8

border

#D1CAD1

text

#130A13

muted

#827C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA42B2

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

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