#AA42C4#AA42C4

#AA42C4 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.207 H 319.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA42C4
RGB	rgb(170, 66, 196)
HSL	hsl(288, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(288, 66%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.3%, 66.3%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.53, 60.77, -48.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.53, 77.85, 321.32°)
OKLab	oklab(57.41% 0.1565 -0.1362)
OKLCH	oklch(57.41% 0.207 319)
XYZ	xyz(28.4883, 16.4293, 53.8844)
Luminance	0.1643 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA42C4 #5CC442

analogous

#6942C4 #AA42C4 #C4429D

triadic

#AA42C4 #C4AA42 #42C4AA

tetradic

#AA42C4 #C46942 #5CC442 #429DC4

square

#AA42C4 #C46942 #5CC442 #429DC4

split-complementary

#AA42C4 #9DC442 #42C469

monochromatic

#5C216A #843099 #AA42C4 #BF71D3 #D49FE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.90

#AA42C4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.29

#AA42C4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AA42C4

4.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA42C4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AA42C4	1.00	4.90	4.29	4.90
#FFFFFF	4.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#116AC8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A74C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA597E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa42c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 66, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.207 319.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c77ed6',
    500: '#aa42c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa42c4;
$custom-light: #c77ed6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa42c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288,
    "s": 52.419,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57406,
    "c": 0.20747,
    "h": 319
  },
  "luminance": 0.16428
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA42C4

secondary

#A0CE94

accent

#DC4C69

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F9EFFA

border

#D2CAD3

text

#130A14

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA42C4

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

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