#AF38D5#AF38D5

#AF38D5 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.236 H 316.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AF38D5
RGB	rgb(175, 56, 213)
HSL	hsl(285, 65%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(285, 74%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.8%, 73.7%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.94, 68.94, -57.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.94, 89.94, 320.05°)
OKLab	oklab(58.18% 0.1713 -0.1626)
OKLCH	oklch(58.18% 0.236 316.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.1018, 16.7477, 64.5322)
Luminance	0.1675 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AF38D5 #5ED538

analogous

#6138D5 #AF38D5 #D538AC

triadic

#AF38D5 #D5AF38 #38D5AF

tetradic

#AF38D5 #D56138 #5ED538 #38ACD5

square

#AF38D5 #D56138 #5ED538 #38ACD5

split-complementary

#AF38D5 #ACD538 #38D561

monochromatic

#621A79 #8B24AC #AF38D5 #C36BE0 #D89DEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.83

#AF38D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.35

#AF38D5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AF38D5

4.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AF38D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AF38D5	1.00	4.83	4.35	4.83
#FFFFFF	4.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006BD9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3875D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD5A84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #af38d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 56, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.236 316.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb7ae3',
    500: '#af38d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #af38d5;
$custom-light: #cb7ae3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#af38d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.478,
    "s": 65.145,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5818,
    "c": 0.2362,
    "h": 316.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.16746
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AF38D5

secondary

#A3D692

accent

#E84068

background

#FDF7FE

surface

#FAEEFC

border

#D3C9D5

text

#140A15

muted

#837C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AF38D5

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

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