#AA42D7#AA42D7

#AA42D7 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.225 H 313.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#AA42D7
RGBrgb(170, 66, 215)
HSLhsl(282, 65%, 55%)
HSVhsv(282, 69%, 84%)
CMYKcmyk(20.9%, 69.3%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LABlab(48.70, 64.52, -57.72)
CIE-LCHlch(48.70, 86.57, 318.19°)
OKLaboklab(58.61% 0.1553 -0.1627)
OKLCHoklch(58.61% 0.225 313.7)
XYZxyz(30.7894, 17.3497, 66.0037)
Luminance0.1735 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familypurple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#AA42D7 #6FD742
analogous
#5F42D7 #AA42D7 #D742BA
triadic
#AA42D7 #D7AA42 #42D7AA
tetradic
#AA42D7 #D75F42 #6FD742 #42BAD7
square
#AA42D7 #D75F42 #6FD742 #42BAD7
split-complementary
#AA42D7 #BAD742 #42D75F
monochromatic
#641C83 #8A26B5 #AA42D7 #C175E2 #D7A7EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.70
#AA42D7 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.47
#AA42D7 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AA42D7
4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##AA42D7#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##AA42D71.004.704.474.70
#FFFFFF4.701.0021.001.00
#0000004.4721.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF4.701.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#006EDB
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#3876D4
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#A66188
Achromatopsia (no color)
#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #aa42d7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 66, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.225 313.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c77fe4',
    500: '#aa42d7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #aa42d7;
$custom-light: #c77fe4;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#aa42d7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.879,
    "s": 65.066,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58614,
    "c": 0.22497,
    "h": 313.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.17349
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#AA42D7
secondary
#AEDA9B
accent
#E84073
background
#FCF8FE
surface
#F9EFFC
border
#D2CAD5
text
#140B16
muted
#827C84

Preview Lab

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#AA42D7 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva