#AA38C3#AA38C3

#AA38C3 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.153; OKLCH L 56.3% C 0.219 H 319.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA38C3
RGB	rgb(170, 56, 195)
HSL	hsl(289, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(289, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.8%, 71.3%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.06, 64.54, -50.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.06, 81.91, 322.00°)
OKLab	oklab(56.34% 0.1671 -0.1413)
OKLCH	oklch(56.34% 0.219 319.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.8408, 15.3159, 53.1090)
Luminance	0.1532 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA38C3 #51C338

analogous

#6538C3 #AA38C3 #C33896

triadic

#AA38C3 #C3AA38 #38C3AA

tetradic

#AA38C3 #C36538 #51C338 #3896C3

square

#AA38C3 #C36538 #51C338 #3896C3

split-complementary

#AA38C3 #96C338 #38C365

monochromatic

#571D64 #812A93 #AA38C3 #BF65D3 #D395E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.17

#AA38C3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.06

#AA38C3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AA38C3

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA38C3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AA38C3	1.00	5.17	4.06	5.17
#FFFFFF	5.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0065C7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4471C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA537A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa38c3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 56, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.3% 0.219 319.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c779d6',
    500: '#aa38c3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa38c3;
$custom-light: #c779d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa38c3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.209,
    "s": 55.378,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56335,
    "c": 0.2188,
    "h": 319.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.15315
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA38C3

secondary

#97CC8B

accent

#DF4964

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F9EEFA

border

#D2C9D3

text

#140A14

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA38C3

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

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