#AF40C9#AF40C9

#AF40C9 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.217 H 319.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AF40C9
RGB	rgb(175, 64, 201)
HSL	hsl(289, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(289, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.9%, 68.2%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.26, 63.66, -50.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.26, 81.16, 321.66°)
OKLab	oklab(58.17% 0.1645 -0.141)
OKLCH	oklch(58.17% 0.217 319.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.0539, 16.9992, 56.9451)
Luminance	0.1700 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AF40C9 #5AC940

analogous

#6B40C9 #AF40C9 #C9409F

triadic

#AF40C9 #C9AF40 #40C9AF

tetradic

#AF40C9 #C96B40 #5AC940 #409FC9

square

#AF40C9 #C96B40 #5AC940 #409FC9

split-complementary

#AF40C9 #9FC940 #40C96B

monochromatic

#601F6F #892D9F #AF40C9 #C370D6 #D79FE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.77

#AF40C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.40

#AF40C9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AF40C9

4.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AF40C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AF40C9	1.00	4.77	4.40	4.77
#FFFFFF	4.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006BCD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A76C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF5980

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #af40c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 64, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.217 319.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb7eda',
    500: '#af40c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #af40c9;
$custom-light: #cb7eda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#af40c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.613,
    "s": 55.918,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5817,
    "c": 0.2166,
    "h": 319.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16998
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AF40C9

secondary

#A0D094

accent

#DF4965

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F9EFFB

border

#D2CAD4

text

#140A15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AF40C9

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

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