#AA42DB#AA42DB

#AA42DB is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.176; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.229 H 312.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#AA42DB
RGBrgb(170, 66, 219)
HSLhsl(281, 68%, 56%)
HSVhsv(281, 70%, 86%)
CMYKcmyk(22.4%, 69.9%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LABlab(48.96, 65.34, -59.58)
CIE-LCHlch(48.96, 88.43, 317.64°)
OKLaboklab(58.88% 0.1549 -0.1682)
OKLCHoklch(58.88% 0.229 312.6)
XYZxyz(31.3097, 17.5578, 68.7438)
Luminance0.1756 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familypurple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#AA42DB #73DB42
analogous
#5D42DB #AA42DB #DB42C0
triadic
#AA42DB #DBAA42 #42DBAA
tetradic
#AA42DB #DB5D42 #73DB42 #42C0DB
square
#AA42DB #DB5D42 #73DB42 #42C0DB
split-complementary
#AA42DB #C0DB42 #42DB5D
monochromatic
#651A89 #8B24BC #AA42DB #C175E5 #D8A9EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.65
#AA42DB on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.51
#AA42DB on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AA42DB
4.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##AA42DB#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##AA42DB1.004.654.514.65
#FFFFFF4.651.0021.001.00
#0000004.5121.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF4.651.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#006FDF
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#3376D8
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#A5638A
Achromatopsia (no color)
#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #aa42db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 66, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.229 312.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c87fe7',
    500: '#aa42db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #aa42db;
$custom-light: #c87fe7;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#aa42db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.784,
    "s": 68,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5888,
    "c": 0.22868,
    "h": 312.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.17557
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#AA42DB
secondary
#B1DC9D
accent
#EB3D75
background
#FCF8FE
surface
#F9EFFC
border
#D2CAD5
text
#140B16
muted
#827C84

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#AA42DB Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva