#AA42BF#AA42BF

#AA42BF is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.203 H 320.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA42BF
RGB	rgb(170, 66, 191)
HSL	hsl(290, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(290, 65%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(11%, 65.4%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.24, 59.81, -46.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.24, 75.59, 322.31°)
OKLab	oklab(57.1% 0.1566 -0.1291)
OKLCH	oklch(57.1% 0.203 320.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.9286, 16.2054, 50.9370)
Luminance	0.1620 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#AA42BF #57BF42

analogous

#6B42BF #AA42BF #BF4295

triadic

#AA42BF #BFAA42 #42BFAA

tetradic

#AA42BF #BF6B42 #57BF42 #4295BF

square

#AA42BF #BF6B42 #57BF42 #4295BF

split-complementary

#AA42BF #95BF42 #42BF6B

monochromatic

#592265 #823292 #AA42BF #BF70CE #D39DDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.95

#AA42BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.24

#AA42BF on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AA42BF

4.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA42BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AA42BF	1.00	4.95	4.24	4.95
#FFFFFF	4.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1C69C3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E74BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB577B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa42bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 66, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.203 320.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c77ed3',
    500: '#aa42bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa42bf;
$custom-light: #c77ed3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa42bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.92,
    "s": 49.407,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57104,
    "c": 0.20294,
    "h": 320.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.16204
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA42BF

secondary

#9CCA93

accent

#D94F66

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F9EFFA

border

#D2CAD3

text

#130A14

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA42BF

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

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