#AF42C7#AF42C7

#AF42C7 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.212 H 319.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AF42C7
RGB	rgb(175, 66, 199)
HSL	hsl(289, 54%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(289, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.1%, 66.8%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.43, 62.47, -48.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.43, 79.34, 321.94°)
OKLab	oklab(58.26% 0.1624 -0.1368)
OKLCH	oklch(58.26% 0.212 319.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.9349, 17.1353, 55.7524)
Luminance	0.1713 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AF42C7 #5AC742

analogous

#6D42C7 #AF42C7 #C7429D

triadic

#AF42C7 #C7AF42 #42C7AF

tetradic

#AF42C7 #C76D42 #5AC742 #429DC7

square

#AF42C7 #C76D42 #5AC742 #429DC7

split-complementary

#AF42C7 #9DC742 #42C76D

monochromatic

#60216E #892F9D #AF42C7 #C371D5 #D7A0E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.74

#AF42C7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.43

#AF42C7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AF42C7

4.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AF42C7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AF42C7	1.00	4.74	4.43	4.74
#FFFFFF	4.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#116CCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D77C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B05A7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #af42c7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 66, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.212 319.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca7fd9',
    500: '#af42c7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #af42c7;
$custom-light: #ca7fd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#af42c7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.173,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58255,
    "c": 0.21232,
    "h": 319.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.17134
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AF42C7

secondary

#A0D095

accent

#DE4A65

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F9EFFA

border

#D2CAD3

text

#140B15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AF42C7

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

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