#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
RGB	rgb(170, 66, 213)
HSL	hsl(282, 64%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(282, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.2%, 69%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.57, 64.12, -56.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.57, 85.64, 318.47°)
OKLab	oklab(58.48% 0.1555 -0.16)
OKLCH	oklch(58.48% 0.223 314.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.5340, 17.2476, 64.6586)
Luminance	0.1725 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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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
##AA42D5	1.00	4.72	4.45	4.72
#FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

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

Preview with #AA42D5

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

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