#AF42D0#AF42D0

#AF42D0 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.176; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.220 H 317.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AF42D0
RGB	rgb(175, 66, 208)
HSL	hsl(286, 60%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(286, 68%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.9%, 68.3%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.97, 64.19, -53.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.97, 83.40, 320.33°)
OKLab	oklab(58.81% 0.162 -0.1495)
OKLCH	oklch(58.81% 0.22 317.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.0109, 17.5657, 61.4193)
Luminance	0.1756 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AF42D0 #63D042

analogous

#6842D0 #AF42D0 #D042AA

triadic

#AF42D0 #D0AF42 #42D0AF

tetradic

#AF42D0 #D06842 #63D042 #42AAD0

square

#AF42D0 #D06842 #63D042 #42AAD0

split-complementary

#AF42D0 #AAD042 #42D068

monochromatic

#641E79 #8D2AAA #AF42D0 #C473DC #D8A4E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.65

#AF42D0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.51

#AF42D0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AF42D0

4.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AF42D0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AF42D0	1.00	4.65	4.51	4.65
#FFFFFF	4.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006ED4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4678CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE5D84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #af42d0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 66, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.220 317.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb7fdf',
    500: '#af42d0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #af42d0;
$custom-light: #cb7fdf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#af42d0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.056,
    "s": 60.169,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5881,
    "c": 0.2204,
    "h": 317.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.17564
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AF42D0

secondary

#A7D599

accent

#E34469

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F9EFFB

border

#D2CAD4

text

#140B15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AF42D0

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

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