#AA42E5#AA42E5

#AA42E5 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.181; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.238 H 310.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA42E5
RGB	rgb(170, 66, 229)
HSL	hsl(278, 76%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(278, 71%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.8%, 71.2%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.62, 67.40, -64.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.62, 93.07, 316.40°)
OKLab	oklab(59.56% 0.1537 -0.1817)
OKLCH	oklch(59.56% 0.238 310.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.6659, 18.1003, 75.8865)
Luminance	0.1810 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA42E5 #7DE542

analogous

#5842E5 #AA42E5 #E542CF

triadic

#AA42E5 #E5AA42 #42E5AA

tetradic

#AA42E5 #E55842 #7DE542 #42CFE5

square

#AA42E5 #E55842 #7DE542 #42CFE5

split-complementary

#AA42E5 #CFE542 #42E558

monochromatic

#681598 #8D1CCE #AA42E5 #C278EC #DAAEF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.55

#AA42E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.62

#AA42E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA42E5

4.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA42E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA42E5	1.00	4.55	4.62	4.62
#FFFFFF	4.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0071EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2278E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A26790

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa42e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 66, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.238 310.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c87fee',
    500: '#aa42e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa42e5;
$custom-light: #c87fee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa42e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.282,
    "s": 75.814,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59561,
    "c": 0.23801,
    "h": 310.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.181
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA42E5

secondary

#B8E2A1

accent

#F2357A

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9EFFD

border

#D2CAD5

text

#140B16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA42E5

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

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