#AA38C9#AA38C9

#AA38C9 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.156; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.224 H 318.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA38C9
RGB	rgb(170, 56, 201)
HSL	hsl(287, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(287, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.4%, 72.1%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.44, 65.67, -53.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.44, 84.58, 320.93°)
OKLab	oklab(56.72% 0.1666 -0.1497)
OKLCH	oklch(56.72% 0.224 318)
XYZ	xyz(28.5329, 15.5927, 56.7538)
Luminance	0.1559 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA38C9 #57C938

analogous

#6138C9 #AA38C9 #C938A0

triadic

#AA38C9 #C9AA38 #38C9AA

tetradic

#AA38C9 #C96138 #57C938 #38A0C9

square

#AA38C9 #C96138 #57C938 #38A0C9

split-complementary

#AA38C9 #A0C938 #38C961

monochromatic

#591D6A #822A9A #AA38C9 #BF68D6 #D398E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.10

#AA38C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.12

#AA38C9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AA38C9

5.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA38C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AA38C9	1.00	5.10	4.12	5.10
#FFFFFF	5.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0067CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E72C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9557D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa38c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 56, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.224 318.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c779da',
    500: '#aa38c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa38c9;
$custom-light: #c779da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa38c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.172,
    "s": 57.312,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56718,
    "c": 0.22398,
    "h": 318
  },
  "luminance": 0.15591
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA38C9

secondary

#9CCF8E

accent

#E14768

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F9EEFB

border

#D2C9D4

text

#140A15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA38C9

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

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