#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
RGB	rgb(170, 56, 215)
HSL	hsl(283, 67%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(283, 74%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.9%, 74%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.34, 68.37, -59.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.34, 90.90, 318.78°)
OKLab	oklab(57.65% 0.165 -0.1691)
OKLCH	oklch(57.65% 0.236 314.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.2554, 16.2817, 65.8257)
Luminance	0.1628 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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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
##AA38D7	1.00	4.93	4.26	4.93
#FFFFFF	4.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

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

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA38D7

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

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