#AA42C5#AA42C5

#AA42C5 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.208 H 318.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA42C5
RGB	rgb(170, 66, 197)
HSL	hsl(288, 53%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(288, 66%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.7%, 66.5%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.59, 60.96, -49.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.59, 78.30, 321.13°)
OKLab	oklab(57.47% 0.1565 -0.1376)
OKLCH	oklch(57.47% 0.208 318.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.6025, 16.4750, 54.4859)
Luminance	0.1647 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA42C5 #5DC542

analogous

#6942C5 #AA42C5 #C5429E

triadic

#AA42C5 #C5AA42 #42C5AA

tetradic

#AA42C5 #C56942 #5DC542 #429EC5

square

#AA42C5 #C56942 #5DC542 #429EC5

split-complementary

#AA42C5 #9EC542 #42C569

monochromatic

#5C216C #842F9A #AA42C5 #BF71D3 #D4A0E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.89

#AA42C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.29

#AA42C5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AA42C5

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA42C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AA42C5	1.00	4.89	4.29	4.89
#FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0D6AC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4974C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA5A7E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa42c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 66, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.208 318.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c77ed7',
    500: '#aa42c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa42c5;
$custom-light: #c77ed7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa42c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.634,
    "s": 53.036,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57467,
    "c": 0.20838,
    "h": 318.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16474
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA42C5

secondary

#A0CE95

accent

#DC4B69

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F9EFFA

border

#D2CAD3

text

#130A14

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA42C5

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

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