#AF42C2#AF42C2

#AF42C2 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.208 H 321.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AF42C2
RGB	rgb(175, 66, 194)
HSL	hsl(291, 51%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(291, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.8%, 66%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.14, 61.53, -46.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.14, 77.12, 322.93°)
OKLab	oklab(57.96% 0.1625 -0.1297)
OKLCH	oklch(57.96% 0.208 321.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.3639, 16.9069, 52.7451)
Luminance	0.1691 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AF42C2 #55C242

analogous

#6F42C2 #AF42C2 #C24295

triadic

#AF42C2 #C2AF42 #42C2AF

tetradic

#AF42C2 #C26F42 #55C242 #4295C2

square

#AF42C2 #C26F42 #55C242 #4295C2

split-complementary

#AF42C2 #95C242 #42C26F

monochromatic

#5E2268 #873196 #AF42C2 #C370D1 #D69FE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.79

#AF42C2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.38

#AF42C2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AF42C2

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AF42C2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AF42C2	1.00	4.79	4.38	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1D6AC6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5176BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1587D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #af42c2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 66, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.208 321.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca7ed5',
    500: '#af42c2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #af42c2;
$custom-light: #ca7ed5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#af42c2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.094,
    "s": 51.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57955,
    "c": 0.20788,
    "h": 321.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16905
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AF42C2

secondary

#9CCC94

accent

#DB4D62

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F9EFFA

border

#D2CAD3

text

#140B14

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AF42C2

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

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