#AA42D6#AA42D6

#AA42D6 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.224 H 313.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA42D6
RGB	rgb(170, 66, 214)
HSL	hsl(282, 64%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(282, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.6%, 69.2%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.63, 64.32, -57.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.63, 86.11, 318.33°)
OKLab	oklab(58.55% 0.1554 -0.1613)
OKLCH	oklch(58.55% 0.224 313.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.6613, 17.2985, 65.3291)
Luminance	0.1730 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA42D6 #6ED642

analogous

#6042D6 #AA42D6 #D642B8

triadic

#AA42D6 #D6AA42 #42D6AA

tetradic

#AA42D6 #D66042 #6ED642 #42B8D6

square

#AA42D6 #D66042 #6ED642 #42B8D6

split-complementary

#AA42D6 #B8D642 #42D660

monochromatic

#631C82 #8A27B4 #AA42D6 #C174E1 #D7A7EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.71

#AA42D6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.46

#AA42D6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AA42D6

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA42D6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AA42D6	1.00	4.71	4.46	4.71
#FFFFFF	4.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006EDA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3976D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A66187

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa42d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 66, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.224 313.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c77fe3',
    500: '#aa42d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa42d6;
$custom-light: #c77fe3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa42d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.162,
    "s": 64.348,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58548,
    "c": 0.22404,
    "h": 313.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.17298
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA42D6

secondary

#ADD99B

accent

#E74072

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9EFFC

border

#D2CAD5

text

#140B16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA42D6

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

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