#AA38D0#AA38D0

#AA38D0 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.159; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.230 H 316.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA38D0
RGB	rgb(170, 56, 208)
HSL	hsl(285, 62%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(285, 73%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.3%, 73.1%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.88, 67.01, -56.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.88, 87.73, 319.80°)
OKLab	oklab(57.18% 0.1659 -0.1595)
OKLCH	oklch(57.18% 0.23 316.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.3751, 15.9296, 61.1896)
Luminance	0.1593 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA38D0 #5ED038

analogous

#5E38D0 #AA38D0 #D038AA

triadic

#AA38D0 #D0AA38 #38D0AA

tetradic

#AA38D0 #D05E38 #5ED038 #38AAD0

square

#AA38D0 #D05E38 #5ED038 #38AAD0

split-complementary

#AA38D0 #AAD038 #38D05E

monochromatic

#5D1B73 #8527A4 #AA38D0 #BF6ADC #D49BE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.02

#AA38D0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.19

#AA38D0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AA38D0

5.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA38D0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AA38D0	1.00	5.02	4.19	5.02
#FFFFFF	5.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0068D4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3772CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A75881

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa38d0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 56, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.230 316.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c87adf',
    500: '#aa38d0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa38d0;
$custom-light: #c87adf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa38d0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285,
    "s": 61.789,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57178,
    "c": 0.23008,
    "h": 316.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.15928
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA38D0

secondary

#A1D391

accent

#E5436B

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F9EEFB

border

#D2C9D4

text

#140A15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA38D0

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

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