#AF40C8#AF40C8

#AF40C8 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.216 H 319.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AF40C8
RGB	rgb(175, 64, 200)
HSL	hsl(289, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(289, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.5%, 68%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.20, 63.47, -49.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.20, 80.71, 321.85°)
OKLab	oklab(58.11% 0.1645 -0.1395)
OKLCH	oklch(58.11% 0.216 319.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.9366, 16.9523, 56.3276)
Luminance	0.1695 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AF40C8 #59C840

analogous

#6B40C8 #AF40C8 #C8409D

triadic

#AF40C8 #C8AF40 #40C8AF

tetradic

#AF40C8 #C86B40 #59C840 #409DC8

square

#AF40C8 #C86B40 #59C840 #409DC8

split-complementary

#AF40C8 #9DC840 #40C86B

monochromatic

#60206E #892D9D #AF40C8 #C370D6 #D79FE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.78

#AF40C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.39

#AF40C8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AF40C8

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AF40C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AF40C8	1.00	4.78	4.39	4.78
#FFFFFF	4.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#036BCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B76C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF597F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #af40c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 64, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.216 319.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca7ed9',
    500: '#af40c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #af40c8;
$custom-light: #ca7ed9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#af40c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.971,
    "s": 55.285,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58108,
    "c": 0.21571,
    "h": 319.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16951
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AF40C8

secondary

#9FD094

accent

#DF4965

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F9EFFB

border

#D2CAD4

text

#140A15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AF40C8

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

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