#AA42CA#AA42CA

#AA42CA is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.213 H 317.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA42CA
RGB	rgb(170, 66, 202)
HSL	hsl(286, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(286, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.8%, 67.3%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.89, 61.93, -51.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.89, 80.58, 320.23°)
OKLab	oklab(57.78% 0.1563 -0.1447)
OKLCH	oklch(57.78% 0.213 317.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.1849, 16.7079, 57.5533)
Luminance	0.1671 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA42CA #62CA42

analogous

#6642CA #AA42CA #CA42A6

triadic

#AA42CA #CAAA42 #42CAAA

tetradic

#AA42CA #CA6642 #62CA42 #42A6CA

square

#AA42CA #CA6642 #62CA42 #42A6CA

split-complementary

#AA42CA #A6CA42 #42CA66

monochromatic

#5E2072 #862DA2 #AA42CA #BF72D7 #D5A2E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.84

#AA42CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.34

#AA42CA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AA42CA

4.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA42CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AA42CA	1.00	4.84	4.34	4.84
#FFFFFF	4.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006BCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4575C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A95C81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa42ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 66, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.213 317.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c77edb',
    500: '#aa42ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa42ca;
$custom-light: #c77edb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa42ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.882,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57778,
    "c": 0.21296,
    "h": 317.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16707
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA42CA

secondary

#A4D196

accent

#DF486C

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F9EFFB

border

#D2CAD4

text

#130A15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA42CA

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

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