#AA42C8#AA42C8

#AA42C8 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.211 H 317.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA42C8
RGB	rgb(170, 66, 200)
HSL	hsl(287, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(287, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(15%, 67%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.77, 61.54, -50.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.77, 79.67, 320.58°)
OKLab	oklab(57.65% 0.1564 -0.1418)
OKLCH	oklch(57.65% 0.211 317.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.9496, 16.6138, 56.3142)
Luminance	0.1661 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA42C8 #60C842

analogous

#6742C8 #AA42C8 #C842A3

triadic

#AA42C8 #C8AA42 #42C8AA

tetradic

#AA42C8 #C86742 #60C842 #42A3C8

square

#AA42C8 #C86742 #60C842 #42A3C8

split-complementary

#AA42C8 #A3C842 #42C867

monochromatic

#5E206F #852E9F #AA42C8 #BF71D6 #D5A1E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.86

#AA42C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.32

#AA42C8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AA42C8

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA42C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AA42C8	1.00	4.86	4.32	4.86
#FFFFFF	4.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#016BCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4775C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A95B80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa42c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 66, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.211 317.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c77ed9',
    500: '#aa42c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa42c8;
$custom-light: #c77ed9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa42c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.567,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57653,
    "c": 0.21112,
    "h": 317.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.16613
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA42C8

secondary

#A3D096

accent

#DE4A6B

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F9EFFB

border

#D2CAD4

text

#130A15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA42C8

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

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