#AA42D1#AA42D1

#AA42D1 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.219 H 315.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA42D1
RGB	rgb(170, 66, 209)
HSL	hsl(284, 61%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(284, 68%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.7%, 68.4%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.32, 63.32, -54.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.32, 83.80, 319.08°)
OKLab	oklab(58.22% 0.1558 -0.1544)
OKLCH	oklch(58.22% 0.219 315.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.0326, 17.0470, 62.0176)
Luminance	0.1705 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA42D1 #69D142

analogous

#6342D1 #AA42D1 #D142B1

triadic

#AA42D1 #D1AA42 #42D1AA

tetradic

#AA42D1 #D16342 #69D142 #42B1D1

square

#AA42D1 #D16342 #69D142 #42B1D1

split-complementary

#AA42D1 #B1D142 #42D163

monochromatic

#611E7B #882AAC #AA42D1 #C073DD #D6A4E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.76

#AA42D1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.41

#AA42D1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AA42D1

4.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA42D1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AA42D1	1.00	4.76	4.41	4.76
#FFFFFF	4.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006DD5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F75CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A75F85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa42d1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 66, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.219 315.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c77ee0',
    500: '#aa42d1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa42d1;
$custom-light: #c77ee0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa42d1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.636,
    "s": 60.851,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58223,
    "c": 0.21941,
    "h": 315.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.17046
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA42D1

secondary

#AAD699

accent

#E44470

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F9EFFB

border

#D2CAD4

text

#140B15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA42D1

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

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