#AA42DC#AA42DC

#AA42DC is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.176; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.230 H 312.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA42DC
RGB	rgb(170, 66, 220)
HSL	hsl(281, 69%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(281, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.7%, 70%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.02, 65.54, -60.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.02, 88.89, 317.50°)
OKLab	oklab(58.95% 0.1548 -0.1696)
OKLCH	oklch(58.95% 0.23 312.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.4417, 17.6107, 69.4392)
Luminance	0.1761 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA42DC #74DC42

analogous

#5D42DC #AA42DC #DC42C1

triadic

#AA42DC #DCAA42 #42DCAA

tetradic

#AA42DC #DC5D42 #74DC42 #42C1DC

square

#AA42DC #DC5D42 #74DC42 #42C1DC

split-complementary

#AA42DC #C1DC42 #42DC5D

monochromatic

#661A8A #8B23BE #AA42DC #C176E6 #D8A9EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.64

#AA42DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.52

#AA42DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AA42DC

4.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA42DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AA42DC	1.00	4.64	4.52	4.64
#FFFFFF	4.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006FE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3277D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4638B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa42dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 66, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.230 312.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c87fe8',
    500: '#aa42dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa42dc;
$custom-light: #c87fe8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa42dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.519,
    "s": 68.75,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58947,
    "c": 0.22962,
    "h": 312.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.1761
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA42DC

secondary

#B2DD9D

accent

#EC3C75

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9EFFD

border

#D2CAD5

text

#140B16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA42DC

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

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