#AA42CF#AA42CF

#AA42CF is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.218 H 315.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA42CF
RGB	rgb(170, 66, 207)
HSL	hsl(284, 59%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(284, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.9%, 68.1%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.20, 62.92, -53.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.20, 82.88, 319.39°)
OKLab	oklab(58.09% 0.156 -0.1517)
OKLCH	oklch(58.09% 0.218 315.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.7865, 16.9486, 60.7218)
Luminance	0.1695 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA42CF #67CF42

analogous

#6342CF #AA42CF #CF42AE

triadic

#AA42CF #CFAA42 #42CFAA

tetradic

#AA42CF #CF6342 #67CF42 #42AECF

square

#AA42CF #CF6342 #67CF42 #42AECF

split-complementary

#AA42CF #AECF42 #42CF63

monochromatic

#611F78 #882BA9 #AA42CF #C073DB #D6A4E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.78

#AA42CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.39

#AA42CF on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AA42CF

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA42CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AA42CF	1.00	4.78	4.39	4.78
#FFFFFF	4.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006CD3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4175CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A75E84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa42cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 66, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.218 315.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c77ede',
    500: '#aa42cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa42cf;
$custom-light: #c77ede;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa42cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.255,
    "s": 59.494,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58094,
    "c": 0.21756,
    "h": 315.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.16947
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA42CF

secondary

#A8D598

accent

#E3456E

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F9EFFB

border

#D2CAD4

text

#130B15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA42CF

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

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