#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
RGB	rgb(170, 66, 215)
HSL	hsl(282, 65%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(282, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.9%, 69.3%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.70, 64.52, -57.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.70, 86.57, 318.19°)
OKLab	oklab(58.61% 0.1553 -0.1627)
OKLCH	oklch(58.61% 0.225 313.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.7894, 17.3497, 66.0037)
Luminance	0.1735 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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
##AA42D7	1.00	4.70	4.47	4.70
#FFFFFF	4.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

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

Preview with #AA42D7

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

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