#AF42C5#AF42C5

#AF42C5 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.211 H 320.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AF42C5
RGB	rgb(175, 66, 197)
HSL	hsl(290, 53%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(290, 66%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.2%, 66.5%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.31, 62.09, -47.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.31, 78.45, 322.33°)
OKLab	oklab(58.13% 0.1624 -0.134)
OKLCH	oklch(58.13% 0.211 320.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.7043, 17.0431, 54.5375)
Luminance	0.1704 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AF42C5 #58C542

analogous

#6E42C5 #AF42C5 #C54299

triadic

#AF42C5 #C5AF42 #42C5AF

tetradic

#AF42C5 #C56E42 #58C542 #4299C5

square

#AF42C5 #C56E42 #58C542 #4299C5

split-complementary

#AF42C5 #99C542 #42C56E

monochromatic

#5F216C #882F9A #AF42C5 #C371D3 #D7A0E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.76

#AF42C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.41

#AF42C5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AF42C5

4.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AF42C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AF42C5	1.00	4.76	4.41	4.76
#FFFFFF	4.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#166BC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E77C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0597E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #af42c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 66, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.211 320.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca7fd7',
    500: '#af42c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #af42c5;
$custom-light: #ca7fd7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#af42c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.924,
    "s": 53.036,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58134,
    "c": 0.21053,
    "h": 320.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.17042
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AF42C5

secondary

#9ECE95

accent

#DC4B64

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F9EFFA

border

#D2CAD3

text

#140B14

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AF42C5

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

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