#AA42BE#AA42BE

#AA42BE is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.202 H 320.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA42BE
RGB	rgb(170, 66, 190)
HSL	hsl(290, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(290, 65%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.5%, 65.3%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.19, 59.62, -45.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.19, 75.14, 322.51°)
OKLab	oklab(57.05% 0.1566 -0.1276)
OKLCH	oklch(57.05% 0.202 320.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.8190, 16.1616, 50.3594)
Luminance	0.1616 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA42BE #56BE42

analogous

#6C42BE #AA42BE #BE4294

triadic

#AA42BE #BEAA42 #42BEAA

tetradic

#AA42BE #BE6C42 #56BE42 #4294BE

square

#AA42BE #BE6C42 #56BE42 #4294BE

split-complementary

#AA42BE #94BE42 #42BE6C

monochromatic

#592263 #823291 #AA42BE #BE70CE #D39DDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.96

#AA42BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.23

#AA42BE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AA42BE

4.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA42BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AA42BE	1.00	4.96	4.23	4.96
#FFFFFF	4.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1E69C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E74BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB577A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa42be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 66, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.202 320.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c77ed2',
    500: '#aa42be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa42be;
$custom-light: #c77ed2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa42be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.323,
    "s": 48.819,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57045,
    "c": 0.20204,
    "h": 320.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.1616
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA42BE

secondary

#9BCA92

accent

#D84F66

background

#FCF8FC

surface

#F9EFF9

border

#D2CAD2

text

#130A14

muted

#827C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA42BE

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →