#AA42C0#AA42C0

#AA42C0 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.204 H 320.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA42C0
RGB	rgb(170, 66, 192)
HSL	hsl(290, 50%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(290, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.5%, 65.6%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.30, 60.00, -46.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.30, 76.04, 322.10°)
OKLab	oklab(57.16% 0.1566 -0.1305)
OKLCH	oklch(57.16% 0.204 320.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.0390, 16.2496, 51.5185)
Luminance	0.1625 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA42C0 #58C042

analogous

#6B42C0 #AA42C0 #C04297

triadic

#AA42C0 #C0AA42 #42C0AA

tetradic

#AA42C0 #C06B42 #58C042 #4297C0

square

#AA42C0 #C06B42 #58C042 #4297C0

split-complementary

#AA42C0 #97C042 #42C06B

monochromatic

#5A2266 #823194 #AA42C0 #BF70CF #D39EDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.94

#AA42C0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.25

#AA42C0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AA42C0

4.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA42C0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AA42C0	1.00	4.94	4.25	4.94
#FFFFFF	4.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1A69C4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D74BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB587B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa42c0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 66, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.204 320.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c77ed3',
    500: '#aa42c0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa42c0;
$custom-light: #c77ed3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa42c0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.524,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57164,
    "c": 0.20384,
    "h": 320.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16248
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA42C0

secondary

#9DCB93

accent

#DA4E67

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F9EFFA

border

#D2CAD3

text

#130A14

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA42C0

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

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