#AA42BC#AA42BC

#AA42BC is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.200 H 321.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA42BC
RGB	rgb(170, 66, 188)
HSL	hsl(291, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(291, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.6%, 64.9%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.07, 59.24, -44.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.07, 74.24, 322.94°)
OKLab	oklab(56.93% 0.1566 -0.1248)
OKLCH	oklch(56.93% 0.2 321.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.6019, 16.0747, 49.2160)
Luminance	0.1607 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA42BC #54BC42

analogous

#6D42BC #AA42BC #BC4291

triadic

#AA42BC #BCAA42 #42BCAA

tetradic

#AA42BC #BC6D42 #54BC42 #4291BC

square

#AA42BC #BC6D42 #54BC42 #4291BC

split-complementary

#AA42BC #91BC42 #42BC6D

monochromatic

#582261 #81328F #AA42BC #BF6FCC #D39CDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.98

#AA42BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.21

#AA42BC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AA42BC

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA42BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AA42BC	1.00	4.98	4.21	4.98
#FFFFFF	4.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2168C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5074B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC5679

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa42bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 66, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.200 321.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c67ed1',
    500: '#aa42bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa42bc;
$custom-light: #c67ed1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa42bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.148,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56926,
    "c": 0.20024,
    "h": 321.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.16073
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA42BC

secondary

#99C991

accent

#D85064

background

#FCF8FC

surface

#F9EFF9

border

#D2CAD2

text

#130A14

muted

#827C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA42BC

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

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