#AF40C5#AF40C5

#AF40C5 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.213 H 320.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AF40C5
RGB	rgb(175, 64, 197)
HSL	hsl(290, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(290, 68%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.2%, 67.5%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.02, 62.91, -48.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.02, 79.38, 322.42°)
OKLab	oklab(57.93% 0.1646 -0.1353)
OKLCH	oklch(57.93% 0.213 320.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.5894, 16.8135, 54.4992)
Luminance	0.1681 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AF40C5 #56C540

analogous

#6C40C5 #AF40C5 #C54098

triadic

#AF40C5 #C5AF40 #40C5AF

tetradic

#AF40C5 #C56C40 #56C540 #4098C5

square

#AF40C5 #C56C40 #56C540 #4098C5

split-complementary

#AF40C5 #98C540 #40C56C

monochromatic

#5E206A #882F99 #AF40C5 #C36FD3 #D69EE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.81

#AF40C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.36

#AF40C5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AF40C5

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AF40C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AF40C5	1.00	4.81	4.36	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0F6AC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D76C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0587E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #af40c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 64, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.213 320.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca7ed7',
    500: '#af40c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #af40c5;
$custom-light: #ca7ed7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#af40c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.075,
    "s": 53.414,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57926,
    "c": 0.21307,
    "h": 320.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16812
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AF40C5

secondary

#9DCE93

accent

#DD4B63

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F9EFFA

border

#D2CAD3

text

#140A14

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AF40C5

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

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