#AA42E2#AA42E2

#AA42E2 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.179; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.235 H 310.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA42E2
RGB	rgb(170, 66, 226)
HSL	hsl(279, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(279, 71%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.8%, 70.8%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.42, 66.77, -62.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.42, 91.68, 316.75°)
OKLab	oklab(59.35% 0.1541 -0.1777)
OKLCH	oklch(59.35% 0.235 310.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.2506, 17.9342, 73.6995)
Luminance	0.1793 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA42E2 #7AE242

analogous

#5A42E2 #AA42E2 #E242CA

triadic

#AA42E2 #E2AA42 #42E2AA

tetradic

#AA42E2 #E25A42 #7AE242 #42CAE2

square

#AA42E2 #E25A42 #7AE242 #42CAE2

split-complementary

#AA42E2 #CAE242 #42E25A

monochromatic

#671793 #8D1FC8 #AA42E2 #C277EA #DAACF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.58

#AA42E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.59

#AA42E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA42E2

4.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA42E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA42E2	1.00	4.58	4.59	4.59
#FFFFFF	4.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0071E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2877DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3658E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa42e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 66, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.235 310.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c87fec',
    500: '#aa42e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa42e2;
$custom-light: #c87fec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa42e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279,
    "s": 73.394,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59354,
    "c": 0.2352,
    "h": 310.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.17933
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA42E2

secondary

#B6E09F

accent

#F03878

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9EFFD

border

#D2CAD5

text

#140B16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA42E2

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

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