#AF42BF#AF42BF

#AF42BF is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.205 H 322.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AF42BF
RGB	rgb(175, 66, 191)
HSL	hsl(292, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(292, 65%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.4%, 65.4%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.97, 60.98, -45.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.97, 75.79, 323.57°)
OKLab	oklab(57.78% 0.1625 -0.1254)
OKLCH	oklch(57.78% 0.205 322.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.0304, 16.7735, 50.9886)
Luminance	0.1677 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AF42BF #52BF42

analogous

#7042BF #AF42BF #BF4290

triadic

#AF42BF #BFAF42 #42BFAF

tetradic

#AF42BF #BF7042 #52BF42 #4290BF

square

#AF42BF #BF7042 #52BF42 #4290BF

split-complementary

#AF42BF #90BF42 #42BF70

monochromatic

#5C2265 #863292 #AF42BF #C270CE #D69DDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.82

#AF42BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.35

#AF42BF on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AF42BF

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AF42BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AF42BF	1.00	4.82	4.35	4.82
#FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#226AC3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5376BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1567B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #af42bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 66, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.205 322.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca7ed3',
    500: '#af42bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #af42bf;
$custom-light: #ca7ed3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#af42bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 292.32,
    "s": 49.407,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57779,
    "c": 0.20523,
    "h": 322.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16772
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AF42BF

secondary

#9ACA93

accent

#D94F61

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F9EFFA

border

#D2CAD3

text

#140B14

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AF42BF

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

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