#AF42C8#AF42C8

#AF42C8 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.213 H 319.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AF42C8
RGB	rgb(175, 66, 200)
HSL	hsl(289, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(289, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.5%, 67%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.49, 62.66, -49.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.49, 79.79, 321.75°)
OKLab	oklab(58.32% 0.1623 -0.1382)
OKLCH	oklch(58.32% 0.213 319.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.0514, 17.1819, 56.3659)
Luminance	0.1718 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AF42C8 #5BC842

analogous

#6C42C8 #AF42C8 #C8429E

triadic

#AF42C8 #C8AF42 #42C8AF

tetradic

#AF42C8 #C86C42 #5BC842 #429EC8

square

#AF42C8 #C86C42 #5BC842 #429EC8

split-complementary

#AF42C8 #9EC842 #42C86C

monochromatic

#61206F #8A2E9F #AF42C8 #C371D6 #D7A1E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.73

#AF42C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.44

#AF42C8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AF42C8

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AF42C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AF42C8	1.00	4.73	4.44	4.73
#FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0E6CCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C77C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF5A80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #af42c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 66, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.213 319.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca7fd9',
    500: '#af42c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #af42c8;
$custom-light: #ca7fd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#af42c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.806,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58316,
    "c": 0.21321,
    "h": 319.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.17181
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AF42C8

secondary

#A1D096

accent

#DE4A65

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F9EFFB

border

#D2CAD4

text

#140B15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AF42C8

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

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