#AA42CB#AA42CB

#AA42CB is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.214 H 316.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA42CB
RGB	rgb(170, 66, 203)
HSL	hsl(286, 57%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(286, 67%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.3%, 67.5%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.95, 62.13, -52.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.95, 81.04, 320.05°)
OKLab	oklab(57.84% 0.1562 -0.1461)
OKLCH	oklch(57.84% 0.214 316.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.3037, 16.7555, 58.1789)
Luminance	0.1675 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA42CB #63CB42

analogous

#6542CB #AA42CB #CB42A8

triadic

#AA42CB #CBAA42 #42CBAA

tetradic

#AA42CB #CB6542 #63CB42 #42A8CB

square

#AA42CB #CB6542 #63CB42 #42A8CB

split-complementary

#AA42CB #A8CB42 #42CB65

monochromatic

#5F2073 #872DA3 #AA42CB #C072D8 #D5A2E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.83

#AA42CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.35

#AA42CB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AA42CB

4.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA42CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AA42CB	1.00	4.83	4.35	4.83
#FFFFFF	4.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006BCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4475C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A85C81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa42cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 66, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.214 316.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c77edb',
    500: '#aa42cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa42cb;
$custom-light: #c77edb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa42cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.547,
    "s": 56.846,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5784,
    "c": 0.21388,
    "h": 316.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16754
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA42CB

secondary

#A5D297

accent

#E0486C

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F9EFFB

border

#D2CAD4

text

#130B15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA42CB

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

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