#AA42BB#AA42BB

#AA42BB is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.160; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.199 H 321.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA42BB
RGB	rgb(170, 66, 187)
HSL	hsl(292, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(292, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.1%, 64.7%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.02, 59.06, -44.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.02, 73.80, 323.16°)
OKLab	oklab(56.87% 0.1566 -0.1233)
OKLCH	oklch(56.87% 0.199 321.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.4945, 16.0318, 48.6503)
Luminance	0.1603 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA42BB #53BB42

analogous

#6D42BB #AA42BB #BB4290

triadic

#AA42BB #BBAA42 #42BBAA

tetradic

#AA42BB #BB6D42 #53BB42 #4290BB

square

#AA42BB #BB6D42 #53BB42 #4290BB

split-complementary

#AA42BB #90BB42 #42BB6D

monochromatic

#582261 #81328E #AA42BB #BF6ECC #D39CDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.99

#AA42BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.21

#AA42BB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AA42BB

4.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA42BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AA42BB	1.00	4.99	4.21	4.99
#FFFFFF	4.99	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.99	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2368BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5173B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC5679

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa42bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 66, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.199 321.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c67ed0',
    500: '#aa42bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa42bb;
$custom-light: #c67ed0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa42bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.57,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56868,
    "c": 0.19933,
    "h": 321.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.1603
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA42BB

secondary

#99C891

accent

#D75063

background

#FCF8FC

surface

#F8EFF9

border

#D1CAD2

text

#130A14

muted

#827C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA42BB

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

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