#AF40E8#AF40E8

#AF40E8 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.244 H 311.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AF40E8
RGB	rgb(175, 64, 232)
HSL	hsl(280, 79%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(280, 72%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.6%, 72.4%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.23, 69.74, -64.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.23, 95.25, 317.07°)
OKLab	oklab(60.2% 0.1615 -0.1835)
OKLCH	oklch(60.2% 0.244 311.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.0753, 18.6078, 78.1249)
Luminance	0.1861 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AF40E8 #79E840

analogous

#5B40E8 #AF40E8 #E840CD

triadic

#AF40E8 #E8AF40 #40E8AF

tetradic

#AF40E8 #E85B40 #79E840 #40CDE8

square

#AF40E8 #E85B40 #79E840 #40CDE8

split-complementary

#AF40E8 #CDE840 #40E85B

monochromatic

#6D139B #9319D2 #AF40E8 #C677EF #DDADF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.45

#AF40E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.72

#AF40E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AF40E8

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AF40E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AF40E8	1.00	4.45	4.72	4.72
#FFFFFF	4.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0072ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2479E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A86691

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #af40e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 64, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.244 311.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc7ff0',
    500: '#af40e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #af40e8;
$custom-light: #cc7ff0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#af40e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.643,
    "s": 78.505,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60197,
    "c": 0.24445,
    "h": 311.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.18607
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AF40E8

secondary

#B7E3A0

accent

#F53375

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAEFFD

border

#D3CAD5

text

#140B17

muted

#837C85

Preview Lab

Preview with #AF40E8

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

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