#AA38D4#AA38D4

#AA38D4 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.234 H 315.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA38D4
RGB	rgb(170, 56, 212)
HSL	hsl(284, 64%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(284, 74%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.8%, 73.6%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.14, 67.78, -58.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.14, 89.54, 319.20°)
OKLab	oklab(57.45% 0.1654 -0.165)
OKLCH	oklch(57.45% 0.234 315.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.8735, 16.1290, 63.8142)
Luminance	0.1613 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA38D4 #62D438

analogous

#5C38D4 #AA38D4 #D438B0

triadic

#AA38D4 #D4AA38 #38D4AA

tetradic

#AA38D4 #D45C38 #62D438 #38B0D4

square

#AA38D4 #D45C38 #62D438 #38B0D4

split-complementary

#AA38D4 #B0D438 #38D45C

monochromatic

#5E1A78 #8625AA #AA38D4 #BF6ADF #D59DEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.97

#AA38D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.23

#AA38D4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AA38D4

4.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA38D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AA38D4	1.00	4.97	4.23	4.97
#FFFFFF	4.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0069D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3273D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A75A84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa38d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 56, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.234 315.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c87ae2',
    500: '#aa38d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa38d4;
$custom-light: #c87ae2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa38d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.846,
    "s": 64.463,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57446,
    "c": 0.23358,
    "h": 315.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16128
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA38D4

secondary

#A4D692

accent

#E7406D

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F9EEFB

border

#D2C9D4

text

#140A15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA38D4

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

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