#AA38D2#AA38D2

#AA38D2 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.160; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.232 H 315.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA38D2
RGB	rgb(170, 56, 210)
HSL	hsl(284, 63%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(284, 73%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(19%, 73.3%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.01, 67.40, -57.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.01, 88.64, 319.50°)
OKLab	oklab(57.31% 0.1656 -0.1622)
OKLCH	oklch(57.31% 0.232 315.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.6227, 16.0287, 62.4937)
Luminance	0.1603 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA38D2 #60D238

analogous

#5D38D2 #AA38D2 #D238AD

triadic

#AA38D2 #D2AA38 #38D2AA

tetradic

#AA38D2 #D25D38 #60D238 #38ADD2

square

#AA38D2 #D25D38 #60D238 #38ADD2

split-complementary

#AA38D2 #ADD238 #38D25D

monochromatic

#5E1A75 #8526A7 #AA38D2 #BF6ADD #D59CE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.99

#AA38D2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.21

#AA38D2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AA38D2

4.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA38D2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AA38D2	1.00	4.99	4.21	4.99
#FFFFFF	4.99	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.99	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0069D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3472CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A75983

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa38d2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 56, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.232 315.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c87ae1',
    500: '#aa38d2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa38d2;
$custom-light: #c87ae1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa38d2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.416,
    "s": 63.115,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57312,
    "c": 0.23182,
    "h": 315.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16028
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA38D2

secondary

#A3D591

accent

#E6426C

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F9EEFB

border

#D2C9D4

text

#140A15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA38D2

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

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