#AF36C6#AF36C6

#AF36C6 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.158; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.226 H 320.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AF36C6
RGB	rgb(175, 54, 198)
HSL	hsl(290, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(290, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.6%, 72.7%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.75, 66.86, -51.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.75, 84.10, 322.65°)
OKLab	oklab(57.04% 0.1746 -0.1429)
OKLCH	oklch(57.04% 0.226 320.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.1902, 15.8310, 54.9333)
Luminance	0.1583 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AF36C6 #4DC636

analogous

#6736C6 #AF36C6 #C63695

triadic

#AF36C6 #C6AF36 #36C6AF

tetradic

#AF36C6 #C66736 #4DC636 #3695C6

square

#AF36C6 #C66736 #4DC636 #3695C6

split-complementary

#AF36C6 #95C636 #36C667

monochromatic

#5A1C66 #852996 #AF36C6 #C364D5 #D694E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.04

#AF36C6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.17

#AF36C6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AF36C6

5.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AF36C6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AF36C6	1.00	5.04	4.17	5.04
#FFFFFF	5.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0066CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4673C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0527B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #af36c6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 54, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.226 320.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb79d8',
    500: '#af36c6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #af36c6;
$custom-light: #cb79d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#af36c6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.417,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57035,
    "c": 0.22561,
    "h": 320.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.1583
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AF36C6

secondary

#95CD8B

accent

#E04760

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F9EEFA

border

#D2C9D3

text

#140A14

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AF36C6

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

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