#AF42CA#AF42CA

#AF42CA is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.215 H 319.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AF42CA
RGB	rgb(175, 66, 202)
HSL	hsl(288, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(288, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.4%, 67.3%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.61, 63.04, -50.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.61, 80.69, 321.38°)
OKLab	oklab(58.44% 0.1623 -0.141)
OKLCH	oklch(58.44% 0.215 319)
XYZ	xyz(30.2867, 17.2760, 57.6049)
Luminance	0.1727 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AF42CA #5DCA42

analogous

#6B42CA #AF42CA #CA42A1

triadic

#AF42CA #CAAF42 #42CAAF

tetradic

#AF42CA #CA6B42 #5DCA42 #42A1CA

square

#AF42CA #CA6B42 #5DCA42 #42A1CA

split-complementary

#AF42CA #A1CA42 #42CA6B

monochromatic

#612072 #8A2DA2 #AF42CA #C372D7 #D7A2E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.71

#AF42CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.46

#AF42CA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AF42CA

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AF42CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AF42CA	1.00	4.71	4.46	4.71
#FFFFFF	4.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#056CCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B77C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF5B81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #af42ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 66, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.215 319.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca7fdb',
    500: '#af42ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #af42ca;
$custom-light: #ca7fdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#af42ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.088,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58438,
    "c": 0.215,
    "h": 319
  },
  "luminance": 0.17275
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AF42CA

secondary

#A2D196

accent

#DF4866

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F9EFFB

border

#D2CAD4

text

#140B15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AF42CA

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

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