#AA38C6#AA38C6

#AA38C6 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.155; OKLCH L 56.5% C 0.221 H 318.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA38C6
RGB	rgb(170, 56, 198)
HSL	hsl(288, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(288, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.1%, 71.7%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.25, 65.11, -51.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.25, 83.24, 321.45°)
OKLab	oklab(56.53% 0.1668 -0.1455)
OKLCH	oklch(56.53% 0.221 318.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.1834, 15.4529, 54.9133)
Luminance	0.1545 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA38C6 #54C638

analogous

#6338C6 #AA38C6 #C6389B

triadic

#AA38C6 #C6AA38 #38C6AA

tetradic

#AA38C6 #C66338 #54C638 #389BC6

square

#AA38C6 #C66338 #54C638 #389BC6

split-complementary

#AA38C6 #9BC638 #38C663

monochromatic

#581D67 #812B96 #AA38C6 #BF67D4 #D397E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.13

#AA38C6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.09

#AA38C6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AA38C6

5.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA38C6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AA38C6	1.00	5.13	4.09	5.13
#FFFFFF	5.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.09	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0066CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4171C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA547C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa38c6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 56, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.5% 0.221 318.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c779d8',
    500: '#aa38c6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa38c6;
$custom-light: #c779d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa38c6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.169,
    "s": 55.906,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56525,
    "c": 0.22138,
    "h": 318.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.15452
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA38C6

secondary

#99CD8D

accent

#DF4966

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F9EEFA

border

#D2C9D3

text

#140A14

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA38C6

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

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