#AA38BC#AA38BC

#AA38BC is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.150; OKLCH L 55.9% C 0.213 H 321.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA38BC
RGB	rgb(170, 56, 188)
HSL	hsl(292, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(292, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.6%, 70.2%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.64, 63.26, -47.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.64, 78.82, 323.37°)
OKLab	oklab(55.9% 0.1674 -0.1313)
OKLCH	oklch(55.9% 0.213 321.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.0679, 15.0067, 49.0380)
Luminance	0.1500 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA38BC #4ABC38

analogous

#6838BC #AA38BC #BC388C

triadic

#AA38BC #BCAA38 #38BCAA

tetradic

#AA38BC #BC6838 #4ABC38 #388CBC

square

#AA38BC #BC6838 #4ABC38 #388CBC

split-complementary

#AA38BC #8CBC38 #38BC68

monochromatic

#551C5E #7F2A8D #AA38BC #C161D0 #D390DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.25

#AA38BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.00

#AA38BC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AA38BC

5.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA38BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AA38BC	1.00	5.25	4.00	5.25
#FFFFFF	5.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0064C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4970B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC5076

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa38bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 56, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.9% 0.213 321.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c779d1',
    500: '#aa38bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa38bc;
$custom-light: #c779d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa38bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.818,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55899,
    "c": 0.2128,
    "h": 321.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.15005
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA38BC

secondary

#90C987

accent

#DD4A5E

background

#FCF7FC

surface

#F9EEF9

border

#D2C9D2

text

#130A14

muted

#827C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA38BC

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

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