#AA38D5#AA38D5

#AA38D5 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.234 H 314.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA38D5
RGB	rgb(170, 56, 213)
HSL	hsl(284, 65%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(284, 74%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.2%, 73.7%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.21, 67.98, -58.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.21, 89.99, 319.06°)
OKLab	oklab(57.51% 0.1652 -0.1663)
OKLCH	oklch(57.51% 0.234 314.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.0000, 16.1796, 64.4806)
Luminance	0.1618 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA38D5 #63D538

analogous

#5C38D5 #AA38D5 #D538B1

triadic

#AA38D5 #D5AA38 #38D5AA

tetradic

#AA38D5 #D55C38 #63D538 #38B1D5

square

#AA38D5 #D55C38 #63D538 #38B1D5

split-complementary

#AA38D5 #B1D538 #38D55C

monochromatic

#5F1A79 #8724AC #AA38D5 #C06BE0 #D59DEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.96

#AA38D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.24

#AA38D5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AA38D5

4.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA38D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AA38D5	1.00	4.96	4.24	4.96
#FFFFFF	4.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006AD9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3073D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A65B84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa38d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 56, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.234 314.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c87ae3',
    500: '#aa38d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa38d5;
$custom-light: #c87ae3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa38d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.567,
    "s": 65.145,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57514,
    "c": 0.23445,
    "h": 314.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.16178
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA38D5

secondary

#A5D692

accent

#E8406E

background

#FCF7FE

surface

#F9EEFC

border

#D2C9D5

text

#140A15

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA38D5

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

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