#AA42C7#AA42C7

#AA42C7 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.210 H 318.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA42C7
RGB	rgb(170, 66, 199)
HSL	hsl(287, 54%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(287, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.6%, 66.8%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.71, 61.35, -50.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.71, 79.21, 320.76°)
OKLab	oklab(57.59% 0.1564 -0.1404)
OKLCH	oklch(57.59% 0.21 318.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.8331, 16.5672, 55.7008)
Luminance	0.1657 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA42C7 #5FC742

analogous

#6742C7 #AA42C7 #C742A2

triadic

#AA42C7 #C7AA42 #42C7AA

tetradic

#AA42C7 #C76742 #5FC742 #42A2C7

square

#AA42C7 #C76742 #5FC742 #42A2C7

split-complementary

#AA42C7 #A2C742 #42C767

monochromatic

#5D216E #852F9D #AA42C7 #BF71D5 #D4A0E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.87

#AA42C7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.31

#AA42C7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AA42C7

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA42C7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AA42C7	1.00	4.87	4.31	4.87
#FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#056ACB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4875C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A95B7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa42c7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 66, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.210 318.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c77ed9',
    500: '#aa42c7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa42c7;
$custom-light: #c77ed9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa42c7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.917,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57591,
    "c": 0.21022,
    "h": 318.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16566
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA42C7

secondary

#A2D095

accent

#DE4A6A

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F9EFFA

border

#D2CAD3

text

#130A15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA42C7

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

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