#AA38D3#AA38D3

#AA38D3 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.233 H 315.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA38D3
RGB	rgb(170, 56, 211)
HSL	hsl(284, 64%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(284, 73%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.4%, 73.5%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.08, 67.59, -58.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.08, 89.09, 319.35°)
OKLab	oklab(57.38% 0.1655 -0.1636)
OKLCH	oklch(57.38% 0.233 315.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.7477, 16.0787, 63.1519)
Luminance	0.1608 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA38D3 #61D338

analogous

#5D38D3 #AA38D3 #D338AF

triadic

#AA38D3 #D3AA38 #38D3AA

tetradic

#AA38D3 #D35D38 #61D338 #38AFD3

square

#AA38D3 #D35D38 #61D338 #38AFD3

split-complementary

#AA38D3 #AFD338 #38D35D

monochromatic

#5E1A76 #8625A9 #AA38D3 #BF6ADE #D59CE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.98

#AA38D3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.22

#AA38D3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AA38D3

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA38D3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AA38D3	1.00	4.98	4.22	4.98
#FFFFFF	4.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0069D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3373D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A75A83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa38d3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 56, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.233 315.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c87ae1',
    500: '#aa38d3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa38d3;
$custom-light: #c87ae1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa38d3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.129,
    "s": 63.786,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57379,
    "c": 0.2327,
    "h": 315.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16078
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA38D3

secondary

#A4D592

accent

#E7416D

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F9EEFB

border

#D2C9D4

text

#140A15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA38D3

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

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