#AF42CE#AF42CE

#AF42CE is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.175; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.219 H 317.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AF42CE
RGB	rgb(175, 66, 206)
HSL	hsl(287, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(287, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(15%, 68%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.84, 63.81, -52.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.84, 82.49, 320.67°)
OKLab	oklab(58.68% 0.1621 -0.1467)
OKLCH	oklch(58.68% 0.219 317.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.7664, 17.4679, 60.1316)
Luminance	0.1747 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AF42CE #61CE42

analogous

#6942CE #AF42CE #CE42A7

triadic

#AF42CE #CEAF42 #42CEAF

tetradic

#AF42CE #CE6942 #61CE42 #42A7CE

square

#AF42CE #CE6942 #61CE42 #42A7CE

split-complementary

#AF42CE #A7CE42 #42CE69

monochromatic

#631F77 #8C2BA7 #AF42CE #C473DB #D8A3E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.67

#AF42CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.49

#AF42CE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AF42CE

4.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AF42CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AF42CE	1.00	4.67	4.49	4.67
#FFFFFF	4.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006DD2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4777CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE5C83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #af42ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 66, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.219 317.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb7fde',
    500: '#af42ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #af42ce;
$custom-light: #cb7fde;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#af42ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.714,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58685,
    "c": 0.21859,
    "h": 317.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.17467
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AF42CE

secondary

#A5D498

accent

#E24668

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F9EFFB

border

#D2CAD4

text

#140B15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AF42CE

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

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