#AA42D5#AA42D5

#AA42D5 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.223 H 314.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#AA42D5
RGBrgb(170, 66, 213)
HSLhsl(282, 64%, 55%)
HSVhsv(282, 69%, 84%)
CMYKcmyk(20.2%, 69%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LABlab(48.57, 64.12, -56.78)
CIE-LCHlch(48.57, 85.64, 318.47°)
OKLaboklab(58.48% 0.1555 -0.16)
OKLCHoklch(58.48% 0.223 314.2)
XYZxyz(30.5340, 17.2476, 64.6586)
Luminance0.1725 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familypurple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#AA42D5 #6DD542
analogous
#6142D5 #AA42D5 #D542B6
triadic
#AA42D5 #D5AA42 #42D5AA
tetradic
#AA42D5 #D56142 #6DD542 #42B6D5
square
#AA42D5 #D56142 #6DD542 #42B6D5
split-complementary
#AA42D5 #B6D542 #42D561
monochromatic
#631C80 #8A28B2 #AA42D5 #C174E0 #D7A6EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.72
#AA42D5 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.45
#AA42D5 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AA42D5
4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##AA42D5#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##AA42D51.004.724.454.72
#FFFFFF4.721.0021.001.00
#0000004.4521.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF4.721.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#006ED9
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#3A76D2
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#A66087
Achromatopsia (no color)
#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #aa42d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 66, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.223 314.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c77fe3',
    500: '#aa42d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #aa42d5;
$custom-light: #c77fe3;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#aa42d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.449,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58483,
    "c": 0.22311,
    "h": 314.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.17247
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#AA42D5
secondary
#ADD89A
accent
#E74172
background
#FCF8FE
surface
#F9EFFC
border
#D2CAD5
text
#140B15
muted
#827C84

Preview Lab

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#AA42D5 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva