#AA38DB#AA38DB

#AA38DB is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.240 H 313.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA38DB
RGB	rgb(170, 56, 219)
HSL	hsl(282, 69%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(282, 74%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.4%, 74.4%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.61, 69.16, -61.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.61, 92.72, 318.24°)
OKLab	oklab(57.93% 0.1644 -0.1745)
OKLCH	oklch(57.93% 0.24 313.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.7757, 16.4898, 68.5658)
Luminance	0.1649 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA38DB #69DB38

analogous

#5938DB #AA38DB #DB38BB

triadic

#AA38DB #DBAA38 #38DBAA

tetradic

#AA38DB #DB5938 #69DB38 #38BBDB

square

#AA38DB #DB5938 #69DB38 #38BBDB

split-complementary

#AA38DB #BBDB38 #38DB59

monochromatic

#611781 #8821B5 #AA38DB #C06CE4 #D6A0EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.89

#AA38DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.30

#AA38DB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AA38DB

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA38DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AA38DB	1.00	4.89	4.30	4.89
#FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006BE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2773D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A55D88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa38db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 56, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.240 313.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c87ae7',
    500: '#aa38db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa38db;
$custom-light: #c87ae7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa38db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.963,
    "s": 69.362,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57925,
    "c": 0.23973,
    "h": 313.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16489
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA38DB

secondary

#AADA95

accent

#EC3C71

background

#FCF7FE

surface

#F9EEFD

border

#D2C9D5

text

#140A16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA38DB

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

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