#AF40D8#AF40D8

#AF40D8 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.177; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.230 H 315.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AF40D8
RGB	rgb(175, 64, 216)
HSL	hsl(284, 66%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(284, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(19%, 70.4%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.18, 66.55, -57.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.18, 87.93, 319.18°)
OKLab	oklab(59.12% 0.1634 -0.1618)
OKLCH	oklch(59.12% 0.23 315.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.9053, 17.7398, 66.6959)
Luminance	0.1774 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AF40D8 #69D840

analogous

#6340D8 #AF40D8 #D840B5

triadic

#AF40D8 #D8AF40 #40D8AF

tetradic

#AF40D8 #D86340 #69D840 #40B5D8

square

#AF40D8 #D86340 #69D840 #40B5D8

split-complementary

#AF40D8 #B5D840 #40D863

monochromatic

#671B83 #8F25B6 #AF40D8 #C473E2 #DAA6ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.62

#AF40D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.55

#AF40D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AF40D8

4.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AF40D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AF40D8	1.00	4.62	4.55	4.62
#FFFFFF	4.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006FDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3C78D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC5F88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #af40d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 64, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.230 315.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb7ee5',
    500: '#af40d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #af40d8;
$custom-light: #cb7ee5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#af40d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.816,
    "s": 66.087,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59122,
    "c": 0.22999,
    "h": 315.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.17739
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AF40D8

secondary

#ABDA9A

accent

#E93F6D

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9EFFC

border

#D2CAD5

text

#140B16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AF40D8

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

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