#AA42B8#AA42B8

#AA42B8 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.159; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.197 H 322.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA42B8
RGB	rgb(170, 66, 184)
HSL	hsl(293, 47%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(293, 64%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.6%, 64.1%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.85, 58.50, -42.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.85, 72.46, 323.83°)
OKLab	oklab(56.69% 0.1566 -0.119)
OKLCH	oklch(56.69% 0.197 322.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.1766, 15.9046, 46.9765)
Luminance	0.1590 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA42B8 #50B842

analogous

#6F42B8 #AA42B8 #B8428B

triadic

#AA42B8 #B8AA42 #42B8AA

tetradic

#AA42B8 #B86F42 #50B842 #428BB8

square

#AA42B8 #B86F42 #50B842 #428BB8

split-complementary

#AA42B8 #8BB842 #42B86F

monochromatic

#57225E #80328B #AA42B8 #BF6DCB #D39ADB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.02

#AA42B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.18

#AA42B8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AA42B8

5.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA42B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AA42B8	1.00	5.02	4.18	5.02
#FFFFFF	5.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2767BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5273B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC5577

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa42b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 66, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.197 322.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c67ece',
    500: '#aa42b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa42b8;
$custom-light: #c67ece;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa42b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 292.881,
    "s": 47.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56693,
    "c": 0.19665,
    "h": 322.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.15903
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA42B8

secondary

#96C78F

accent

#D75161

background

#FCF8FC

surface

#F8EFF9

border

#D1CAD2

text

#130A13

muted

#827C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA42B8

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

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