#AA38B1#AA38B1

#AA38B1 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.145; OKLCH L 55.2% C 0.204 H 325.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA38B1
RGB	rgb(170, 56, 177)
HSL	hsl(297, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(297, 68%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(4%, 68.4%, 0%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.01, 61.29, -41.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.01, 74.06, 325.85°)
OKLab	oklab(55.24% 0.1676 -0.1155)
OKLCH	oklch(55.24% 0.204 325.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.9270, 14.5504, 43.0293)
Luminance	0.1455 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA38B1 #3FB138

analogous

#6D38B1 #AA38B1 #B1387B

triadic

#AA38B1 #B1AA38 #38B1AA

tetradic

#AA38B1 #B16D38 #3FB138 #387BB1

square

#AA38B1 #B16D38 #3FB138 #387BB1

split-complementary

#AA38B1 #7BB138 #38B16D

monochromatic

#511B54 #7D2983 #AA38B1 #C55BCB #D58ADA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.37

#AA38B1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.91

#AA38B1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AA38B1

5.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA38B1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AA38B1	1.00	5.37	3.91	5.37
#FFFFFF	5.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1E61B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#516FAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE4B70

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa38b1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 56, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.2% 0.204 325.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c778c9',
    500: '#aa38b1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa38b1;
$custom-light: #c778c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa38b1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 296.529,
    "s": 51.931,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55243,
    "c": 0.20355,
    "h": 325.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.14549
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA38B1

secondary

#85C481

accent

#DB4C55

background

#FCF7FC

surface

#F9EEF8

border

#D2C9D1

text

#130A13

muted

#827C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA38B1

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

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