#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
RGB	rgb(170, 66, 216)
HSL	hsl(282, 66%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(282, 69%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.3%, 69.4%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.76, 64.73, -58.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.76, 87.03, 318.05°)
OKLab	oklab(58.68% 0.1552 -0.1641)
OKLCH	oklch(58.68% 0.226 313.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.9183, 17.4013, 66.6825)
Luminance	0.1740 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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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
##AA42D8	1.00	4.69	4.48	4.69
#FFFFFF	4.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

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

Preview with #AA42D8

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

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