#AA38D9#AA38D9

#AA38D9 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.238 H 313.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA38D9
RGB	rgb(170, 56, 217)
HSL	hsl(282, 68%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(282, 74%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.7%, 74.2%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.48, 68.76, -60.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.48, 91.81, 318.50°)
OKLab	oklab(57.79% 0.1647 -0.1718)
OKLCH	oklch(57.79% 0.238 313.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.5140, 16.3852, 67.1875)
Luminance	0.1638 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA38D9 #67D938

analogous

#5938D9 #AA38D9 #D938B8

triadic

#AA38D9 #D9AA38 #38D9AA

tetradic

#AA38D9 #D95938 #67D938 #38B8D9

square

#AA38D9 #D95938 #67D938 #38B8D9

split-complementary

#AA38D9 #B8D938 #38D959

monochromatic

#61187E #8822B2 #AA38D9 #C06BE3 #D69FED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.91

#AA38D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.28

#AA38D9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AA38D9

4.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA38D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AA38D9	1.00	4.91	4.28	4.91
#FFFFFF	4.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006BDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2A73D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A55C86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa38d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 56, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.238 313.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c87ae6',
    500: '#aa38d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa38d9;
$custom-light: #c87ae6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa38d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.484,
    "s": 67.932,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57787,
    "c": 0.23797,
    "h": 313.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.16384
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA38D9

secondary

#A8D994

accent

#EB3D70

background

#FCF7FE

surface

#F9EEFC

border

#D2C9D5

text

#140A16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA38D9

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

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