All About Color #AA42FF

#AA42FF

About #AA42FF

#AA42FF is a light purple color with the hex code #AA42FF. In RGB it is red 170, green 66, blue 255; in HSL it is hue 273°, saturation 100%, lightness 63%; in CMYK it is 33%, 74%, 0%, 0%. Its contrast ratio is 4.26:1 on white and 4.93:1 on black.

#AA42FF Color Conversion

Hex tripletAA, 42, FF
CMYK33.33%, 74.12%, 0.00%, 0.00%
RGB Decimal170, 66, 255
HSL273°, 100%, 63%
RGB Octal252, 102, 377
HSV (HSB)273.02°, 74.12%, 100.00%
RGB Binary10101010, 1000010, 11111111
CIE-L*AB51.45, 72.93, -75.80
RGB Percent66.67%, 25.88%, 100.00%
CIE-L*CH51.45, 105.19, 313.90
XYZ36.58, 19.66, 96.48
CIE-L*UV51.45, 25.27, -122.63
xyY0.24, 0.13, 19.66
Hunter-Lab44.34, 69.64, -97.96
RYB66.67%, 25.88%, 100.00%

Color Accessibility Scores

#AA42FF on a dark background: contrast 4.93:1, passes WCAG AA.
#AA42FF on a light background: contrast 4.26:1, passes WCAG AA for large text only.

Color Shades

Tints and shades of #AA42FF, from lightest to darkest. Each swatch links to its own color page.

Related Palettes

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Complementary palette

#AA42FF · #D39EFF · #7E00E6 · #97FF42 · #CAFF9E

Analogous palette

#4297FF · #4C42FF · #AA42FF · #FF42F6 · #FF4297

Triadic palette

#AA42FF · #FFAA42 · #42FFAA · #D39EFF · #FFD39E

Tetradic palette

#AA42FF · #FF4C42 · #97FF42 · #42F6FF · #7E00E6

Monochromatic palette

#5D00A8 · #8700F5 · #AA42FF · #CD8FFF · #EFDBFF

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