#AA42D2#AA42D2

#AA42D2 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.220 H 315.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA42D2
RGB	rgb(170, 66, 210)
HSL	hsl(283, 62%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(283, 69%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(19%, 68.6%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.38, 63.52, -55.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.38, 84.26, 318.92°)
OKLab	oklab(58.29% 0.1558 -0.1558)
OKLCH	oklch(58.29% 0.22 315)
XYZ	xyz(30.1567, 17.0967, 62.6717)
Luminance	0.1710 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA42D2 #6AD242

analogous

#6242D2 #AA42D2 #D242B2

triadic

#AA42D2 #D2AA42 #42D2AA

tetradic

#AA42D2 #D26242 #6AD242 #42B2D2

square

#AA42D2 #D26242 #6AD242 #42B2D2

split-complementary

#AA42D2 #B2D242 #42D262

monochromatic

#621E7C #8929AD #AA42D2 #C073DE #D6A5EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.75

#AA42D2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.42

#AA42D2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AA42D2

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA42D2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AA42D2	1.00	4.75	4.42	4.75
#FFFFFF	4.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006DD6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E76CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A75F85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa42d2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 66, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.220 315.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c77fe0',
    500: '#aa42d2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa42d2;
$custom-light: #c77fe0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa42d2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.333,
    "s": 61.538,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58287,
    "c": 0.22033,
    "h": 315
  },
  "luminance": 0.17096
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA42D2

secondary

#AAD799

accent

#E54370

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F9EFFB

border

#D2CAD4

text

#140B15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA42D2

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

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