#AA38B3#AA38B3

#AA38B3 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.146; OKLCH L 55.4% C 0.205 H 324.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA38B3
RGB	rgb(170, 56, 179)
HSL	hsl(296, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(296, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(5%, 68.7%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.12, 61.64, -42.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.12, 74.91, 325.37°)
OKLab	oklab(55.36% 0.1676 -0.1184)
OKLCH	oklch(55.36% 0.205 324.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.1278, 14.6307, 44.0869)
Luminance	0.1463 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA38B3 #41B338

analogous

#6C38B3 #AA38B3 #B3387E

triadic

#AA38B3 #B3AA38 #38B3AA

tetradic

#AA38B3 #B36C38 #41B338 #387EB3

square

#AA38B3 #B36C38 #41B338 #387EB3

split-complementary

#AA38B3 #7EB338 #38B36C

monochromatic

#511B56 #7E2984 #AA38B3 #C45CCC #D58BDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.35

#AA38B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.93

#AA38B3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AA38B3

5.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA38B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AA38B3	1.00	5.35	3.93	5.35
#FFFFFF	5.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1A62B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F70B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE4C71

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa38b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 56, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.4% 0.205 324.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c778ca',
    500: '#aa38b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa38b3;
$custom-light: #c778ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa38b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295.61,
    "s": 52.34,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5536,
    "c": 0.20521,
    "h": 324.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.14629
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA38B3

secondary

#87C582

accent

#DC4C57

background

#FCF7FC

surface

#F9EEF8

border

#D2C9D1

text

#130A13

muted

#827C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA38B3

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

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