#AF38D7#AF38D7

#AF38D7 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.238 H 316.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AF38D7
RGB	rgb(175, 56, 215)
HSL	hsl(285, 67%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(285, 74%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.6%, 74%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.07, 69.33, -58.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.07, 90.83, 319.75°)
OKLab	oklab(58.31% 0.1711 -0.1654)
OKLCH	oklch(58.31% 0.238 316)
XYZ	xyz(31.3572, 16.8498, 65.8774)
Luminance	0.1685 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AF38D7 #60D738

analogous

#6038D7 #AF38D7 #D738AF

triadic

#AF38D7 #D7AF38 #38D7AF

tetradic

#AF38D7 #D76038 #60D738 #38AFD7

square

#AF38D7 #D76038 #60D738 #38AFD7

split-complementary

#AF38D7 #AFD738 #38D760

monochromatic

#63197C #8C23AF #AF38D7 #C36BE1 #D89EEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.81

#AF38D7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.37

#AF38D7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AF38D7

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AF38D7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AF38D7	1.00	4.81	4.37	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006BDB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3675D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC5B85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #af38d7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 56, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.238 316.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb7ae4',
    500: '#af38d7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #af38d7;
$custom-light: #cb7ae4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#af38d7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.906,
    "s": 66.527,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58313,
    "c": 0.23792,
    "h": 316
  },
  "luminance": 0.16849
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AF38D7

secondary

#A4D893

accent

#E93E69

background

#FDF7FE

surface

#FAEEFC

border

#D3C9D5

text

#140A16

muted

#837C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AF38D7

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

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