#AA42C2#AA42C2

#AA42C2 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.163; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.206 H 319.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA42C2
RGB	rgb(170, 66, 194)
HSL	hsl(289, 51%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(289, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.4%, 66%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.42, 60.38, -47.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.42, 76.94, 321.70°)
OKLab	oklab(57.29% 0.1566 -0.1333)
OKLCH	oklch(57.29% 0.206 319.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.2621, 16.3388, 52.6935)
Luminance	0.1634 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA42C2 #5AC242

analogous

#6A42C2 #AA42C2 #C2429A

triadic

#AA42C2 #C2AA42 #42C2AA

tetradic

#AA42C2 #C26A42 #5AC242 #429AC2

square

#AA42C2 #C26A42 #5AC242 #429AC2

split-complementary

#AA42C2 #9AC242 #42C26A

monochromatic

#5B2268 #833196 #AA42C2 #BF70D1 #D49FE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.92

#AA42C2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.27

#AA42C2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AA42C2

4.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA42C2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AA42C2	1.00	4.92	4.27	4.92
#FFFFFF	4.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1669C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C74BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA597D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa42c2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 66, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.206 319.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c77ed5',
    500: '#aa42c2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa42c2;
$custom-light: #c77ed5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa42c2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.75,
    "s": 51.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57285,
    "c": 0.20565,
    "h": 319.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16338
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA42C2

secondary

#9ECC94

accent

#DB4D68

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F9EFFA

border

#D2CAD3

text

#130A14

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA42C2

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

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