#AA42D3#AA42D3

#AA42D3 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.221 H 314.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA42D3
RGB	rgb(170, 66, 211)
HSL	hsl(283, 62%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(283, 69%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.4%, 68.7%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.44, 63.72, -55.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.44, 84.72, 318.77°)
OKLab	oklab(58.35% 0.1557 -0.1572)
OKLCH	oklch(58.35% 0.221 314.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.2817, 17.1467, 63.3299)
Luminance	0.1715 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA42D3 #6BD342

analogous

#6142D3 #AA42D3 #D342B4

triadic

#AA42D3 #D3AA42 #42D3AA

tetradic

#AA42D3 #D36142 #6BD342 #42B4D3

square

#AA42D3 #D36142 #6BD342 #42B4D3

split-complementary

#AA42D3 #B4D342 #42D361

monochromatic

#621D7D #8929AF #AA42D3 #C074DF #D7A5EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.74

#AA42D3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.43

#AA42D3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AA42D3

4.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA42D3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AA42D3	1.00	4.74	4.43	4.74
#FFFFFF	4.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006DD7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3D76D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A75F86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa42d3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 66, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.221 314.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c77fe1',
    500: '#aa42d3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa42d3;
$custom-light: #c77fe1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa42d3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.034,
    "s": 62.232,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58352,
    "c": 0.22126,
    "h": 314.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.17146
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA42D3

secondary

#ABD79A

accent

#E54271

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F9EFFB

border

#D2CAD4

text

#140B15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA42D3

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

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