#AF42D2#AF42D2

#AF42D2 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.177; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.222 H 316.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AF42D2
RGB	rgb(175, 66, 210)
HSL	hsl(285, 62%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(285, 69%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.7%, 68.6%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.09, 64.58, -54.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.09, 84.31, 320.00°)
OKLab	oklab(58.94% 0.1619 -0.1522)
OKLCH	oklch(58.94% 0.222 316.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.2585, 17.6648, 62.7234)
Luminance	0.1766 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AF42D2 #65D242

analogous

#6742D2 #AF42D2 #D242AD

triadic

#AF42D2 #D2AF42 #42D2AF

tetradic

#AF42D2 #D26742 #65D242 #42ADD2

square

#AF42D2 #D26742 #65D242 #42ADD2

split-complementary

#AF42D2 #ADD242 #42D267

monochromatic

#651E7C #8D29AD #AF42D2 #C473DE #D9A5EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.63

#AF42D2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.53

#AF42D2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AF42D2

4.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AF42D2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AF42D2	1.00	4.63	4.53	4.63
#FFFFFF	4.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006ED6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4478CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD5E85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #af42d2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 66, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.222 316.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb7fe0',
    500: '#af42d2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #af42d2;
$custom-light: #cb7fe0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#af42d2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.417,
    "s": 61.538,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58937,
    "c": 0.2222,
    "h": 316.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.17664
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AF42D2

secondary

#A8D799

accent

#E5436A

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F9EFFB

border

#D2CAD4

text

#140B15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AF42D2

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

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