#AA38AD#AA38AD

#AA38AD is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.144; OKLCH L 55.0% C 0.200 H 326.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA38AD
RGB	rgb(170, 56, 173)
HSL	hsl(298, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(298, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 67.6%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.79, 60.59, -39.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.79, 72.36, 326.86°)
OKLab	oklab(55.01% 0.1676 -0.1096)
OKLCH	oklch(55.01% 0.2 326.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.5341, 14.3932, 40.9603)
Luminance	0.1439 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA38AD #3BAD38

analogous

#7038AD #AA38AD #AD3875

triadic

#AA38AD #ADAA38 #38ADAA

tetradic

#AA38AD #AD7038 #3BAD38 #3875AD

square

#AA38AD #AD7038 #3BAD38 #3875AD

split-complementary

#AA38AD #75AD38 #38AD70

monochromatic

#4F1A51 #7D297F #AA38AD #C659C9 #D687D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.41

#AA38AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.88

#AA38AD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AA38AD

5.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA38AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AA38AD	1.00	5.41	3.88	5.41
#FFFFFF	5.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2461B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#536FAA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF496E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa38ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 56, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.0% 0.200 326.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c778c6',
    500: '#aa38ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa38ad;
$custom-light: #c778c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa38ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 298.462,
    "s": 51.092,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55013,
    "c": 0.20024,
    "h": 326.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.14392
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA38AD

secondary

#80C27F

accent

#DB4D51

background

#FCF7FC

surface

#F9EEF8

border

#D2C9D1

text

#130A13

muted

#827C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA38AD

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

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