#AF40CD#AF40CD

#AF40CD is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.220 H 318.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AF40CD
RGB	rgb(175, 64, 205)
HSL	hsl(287, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(287, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.6%, 68.8%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.50, 64.42, -52.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.50, 82.95, 320.94°)
OKLab	oklab(58.42% 0.1642 -0.1466)
OKLCH	oklch(58.42% 0.22 318.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.5305, 17.1899, 59.4556)
Luminance	0.1719 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AF40CD #5ECD40

analogous

#6840CD #AF40CD #CD40A4

triadic

#AF40CD #CDAF40 #40CDAF

tetradic

#AF40CD #CD6840 #5ECD40 #40A4CD

square

#AF40CD #CD6840 #5ECD40 #40A4CD

split-complementary

#AF40CD #A4CD40 #40CD68

monochromatic

#621E74 #8B2BA5 #AF40CD #C371DA #D8A1E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.73

#AF40CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.44

#AF40CD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AF40CD

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AF40CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AF40CD	1.00	4.73	4.44	4.73
#FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006CD1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4777CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE5B82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #af40cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 64, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.220 318.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb7edd',
    500: '#af40cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #af40cd;
$custom-light: #cb7edd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#af40cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.234,
    "s": 58.506,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58418,
    "c": 0.22014,
    "h": 318.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.17189
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AF40CD

secondary

#A3D396

accent

#E24667

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F9EFFB

border

#D2CAD4

text

#140B15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AF40CD

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

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