#AF38CC#AF38CC

#AF38CC is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.163; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.229 H 318.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AF38CC
RGB	rgb(175, 56, 204)
HSL	hsl(288, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(288, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.2%, 72.5%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.37, 67.25, -53.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.37, 85.94, 321.50°)
OKLab	oklab(57.59% 0.1722 -0.1501)
OKLCH	oklch(57.59% 0.229 318.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.9910, 16.3034, 58.6821)
Luminance	0.1630 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AF38CC #55CC38

analogous

#6538CC #AF38CC #CC389F

triadic

#AF38CC #CCAF38 #38CCAF

tetradic

#AF38CC #CC6538 #55CC38 #389FCC

square

#AF38CC #CC6538 #55CC38 #389FCC

split-complementary

#AF38CC #9FCC38 #38CC65

monochromatic

#5E1C6E #87299E #AF38CC #C369D8 #D699E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.93

#AF38CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.26

#AF38CC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AF38CC

4.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AF38CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AF38CC	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)

#0069D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4274C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF567F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #af38cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 56, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.229 318.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb7adc',
    500: '#af38cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #af38cc;
$custom-light: #cb7adc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#af38cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.243,
    "s": 59.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57593,
    "c": 0.2285,
    "h": 318.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16302
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AF38CC

secondary

#9CD18F

accent

#E24564

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F9EEFB

border

#D2C9D4

text

#140A15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AF38CC

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

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