#AA38D7#AA38D7

#AA38D7 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.163; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.236 H 314.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#AA38D7
RGBrgb(170, 56, 215)
HSLhsl(283, 67%, 53%)
HSVhsv(283, 74%, 84%)
CMYKcmyk(20.9%, 74%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LABlab(47.34, 68.37, -59.90)
CIE-LCHlch(47.34, 90.90, 318.78°)
OKLaboklab(57.65% 0.165 -0.1691)
OKLCHoklch(57.65% 0.236 314.3)
XYZxyz(30.2554, 16.2817, 65.8257)
Luminance0.1628 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familypurple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#AA38D7 #65D738
analogous
#5A38D7 #AA38D7 #D738B4
triadic
#AA38D7 #D7AA38 #38D7AA
tetradic
#AA38D7 #D75A38 #65D738 #38B4D7
square
#AA38D7 #D75A38 #65D738 #38B4D7
split-complementary
#AA38D7 #B4D738 #38D75A
monochromatic
#60197C #8723AF #AA38D7 #C06BE1 #D69EEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.93
#AA38D7 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.26
#AA38D7 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AA38D7
4.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##AA38D7#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##AA38D71.004.934.264.93
#FFFFFF4.931.0021.001.00
#0000004.2621.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF4.931.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#006ADB
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#2D73D4
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#A65B85
Achromatopsia (no color)
#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #aa38d7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 56, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.236 314.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c87ae4',
    500: '#aa38d7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #aa38d7;
$custom-light: #c87ae4;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#aa38d7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.019,
    "s": 66.527,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5765,
    "c": 0.23621,
    "h": 314.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16281
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#AA38D7
secondary
#A7D893
accent
#E93E6F
background
#FCF7FE
surface
#F9EEFC
border
#D2C9D5
text
#140A16
muted
#827C84

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#AA38D7 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva