#AA38B7#AA38B7

#AA38B7 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.148; OKLCH L 55.6% C 0.209 H 323.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA38B7
RGB	rgb(170, 56, 183)
HSL	hsl(294, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(294, 69%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.1%, 69.4%, 0%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.35, 62.35, -44.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.35, 76.64, 324.45°)
OKLab	oklab(55.6% 0.1676 -0.1242)
OKLCH	oklch(55.6% 0.209 323.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.5382, 14.7948, 46.2484)
Luminance	0.1479 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA38B7 #45B738

analogous

#6B38B7 #AA38B7 #B73885

triadic

#AA38B7 #B7AA38 #38B7AA

tetradic

#AA38B7 #B76B38 #45B738 #3885B7

square

#AA38B7 #B76B38 #45B738 #3885B7

split-complementary

#AA38B7 #85B738 #38B76B

monochromatic

#531B59 #7E2A88 #AA38B7 #C25ECE #D48DDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.30

#AA38B7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.96

#AA38B7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AA38B7

5.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA38B7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AA38B7	1.00	5.30	3.96	5.30
#FFFFFF	5.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1263BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D70B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD4D74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa38b7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 56, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.6% 0.209 323.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c779cd',
    500: '#aa38b7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa38b7;
$custom-light: #c779cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa38b7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 293.858,
    "s": 53.138,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55597,
    "c": 0.20856,
    "h": 323.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.14793
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA38B7

secondary

#8BC784

accent

#DD4B5A

background

#FCF7FC

surface

#F9EEF9

border

#D2C9D2

text

#130A13

muted

#827C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA38B7

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

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