#AF42B2#AF42B2

#AF42B2 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.194 H 326.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AF42B2
RGB	rgb(175, 66, 178)
HSL	hsl(298, 46%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(298, 63%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 62.9%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.27, 58.64, -38.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.27, 70.17, 326.69°)
OKLab	oklab(57.04% 0.1621 -0.1066)
OKLCH	oklch(57.04% 0.194 326.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.6628, 16.2265, 43.7858)
Luminance	0.1623 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AF42B2 #45B242

analogous

#7742B2 #AF42B2 #B2427D

triadic

#AF42B2 #B2AF42 #42B2AF

tetradic

#AF42B2 #B27742 #45B242 #427DB2

square

#AF42B2 #B27742 #45B242 #427DB2

split-complementary

#AF42B2 #7DB242 #42B277

monochromatic

#572159 #833185 #AF42B2 #C56AC8 #D696D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.95

#AF42B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.24

#AF42B2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AF42B2

4.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AF42B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AF42B2	1.00	4.95	4.24	4.95
#FFFFFF	4.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3267B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A75AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B45174

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #af42b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 66, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.194 326.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca7ec9',
    500: '#af42b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #af42b2;
$custom-light: #ca7ec9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#af42b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 298.393,
    "s": 45.902,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57043,
    "c": 0.19397,
    "h": 326.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16225
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AF42B2

secondary

#8DC48C

accent

#D65256

background

#FCF8FC

surface

#F9EFF8

border

#D2CAD1

text

#140A13

muted

#827C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #AF42B2

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

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