#AA42DD#AA42DD

#AA42DD is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.177; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.231 H 312.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA42DD
RGB	rgb(170, 66, 221)
HSL	hsl(280, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(280, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.1%, 70.1%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.09, 65.74, -60.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.09, 89.35, 317.37°)
OKLab	oklab(59.01% 0.1547 -0.1709)
OKLCH	oklch(59.01% 0.231 312.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.5745, 17.6638, 70.1388)
Luminance	0.1766 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA42DD #75DD42

analogous

#5D42DD #AA42DD #DD42C3

triadic

#AA42DD #DDAA42 #42DDAA

tetradic

#AA42DD #DD5D42 #75DD42 #42C3DD

square

#AA42DD #DD5D42 #75DD42 #42C3DD

split-complementary

#AA42DD #C3DD42 #42DD5D

monochromatic

#66198C #8C22BF #AA42DD #C176E6 #D9AAF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.63

#AA42DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.53

#AA42DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AA42DD

4.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA42DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AA42DD	1.00	4.63	4.53	4.63
#FFFFFF	4.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0070E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3077DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4638B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa42dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 66, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.231 312.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c87fe8',
    500: '#aa42dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa42dd;
$custom-light: #c87fe8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa42dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.258,
    "s": 69.507,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59014,
    "c": 0.23055,
    "h": 312.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.17663
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA42DD

secondary

#B2DD9D

accent

#EC3B76

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9EFFD

border

#D2CAD5

text

#140B16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA42DD

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

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