#AA42D8#AA42D8

#AA42D8 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.174; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.226 H 313.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#AA42D8
RGBrgb(170, 66, 216)
HSLhsl(282, 66%, 55%)
HSVhsv(282, 69%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(21.3%, 69.4%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LABlab(48.76, 64.73, -58.18)
CIE-LCHlch(48.76, 87.03, 318.05°)
OKLaboklab(58.68% 0.1552 -0.1641)
OKLCHoklch(58.68% 0.226 313.4)
XYZxyz(30.9183, 17.4013, 66.6825)
Luminance0.1740 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familypurple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#AA42D8 #70D842
analogous
#5F42D8 #AA42D8 #D842BB
triadic
#AA42D8 #D8AA42 #42D8AA
tetradic
#AA42D8 #D85F42 #70D842 #42BBD8
square
#AA42D8 #D85F42 #70D842 #42BBD8
split-complementary
#AA42D8 #BBD842 #42D85F
monochromatic
#641B84 #8A26B7 #AA42D8 #C175E2 #D8A7ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.69
#AA42D8 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.48
#AA42D8 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AA42D8
4.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##AA42D8#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##AA42D81.004.694.484.69
#FFFFFF4.691.0021.001.00
#0000004.4821.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF4.691.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#006EDC
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#3776D5
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#A56189
Achromatopsia (no color)
#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #aa42d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 66, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.226 313.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c87fe5',
    500: '#aa42d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #aa42d8;
$custom-light: #c87fe5;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#aa42d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.6,
    "s": 65.789,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5868,
    "c": 0.22589,
    "h": 313.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.174
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#AA42D8
secondary
#AFDA9C
accent
#E93F73
background
#FCF8FE
surface
#F9EFFC
border
#D2CAD5
text
#140B16
muted
#827C84

Preview Lab

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#AA42D8 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva