#AF42D4#AF42D4

#AF42D4 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.178; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.224 H 316.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AF42D4
RGB	rgb(175, 66, 212)
HSL	hsl(285, 63%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(285, 69%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.5%, 68.9%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.21, 64.97, -55.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.21, 85.22, 319.68°)
OKLab	oklab(59.06% 0.1617 -0.155)
OKLCH	oklch(59.06% 0.224 316.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.5092, 17.7651, 64.0438)
Luminance	0.1776 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AF42D4 #67D442

analogous

#6642D4 #AF42D4 #D442B0

triadic

#AF42D4 #D4AF42 #42D4AF

tetradic

#AF42D4 #D46642 #67D442 #42B0D4

square

#AF42D4 #D46642 #67D442 #42B0D4

split-complementary

#AF42D4 #B0D442 #42D466

monochromatic

#661D7F #8E28B1 #AF42D4 #C474DF #D9A6EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.61

#AF42D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.55

#AF42D4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AF42D4

4.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AF42D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AF42D4	1.00	4.61	4.55	4.61
#FFFFFF	4.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006ED8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4278D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD5F86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #af42d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 66, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.224 316.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb7fe2',
    500: '#af42d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #af42d4;
$custom-light: #cb7fe2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#af42d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.795,
    "s": 62.931,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59064,
    "c": 0.22401,
    "h": 316.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.17764
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AF42D4

secondary

#AAD89A

accent

#E6426B

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F9EFFB

border

#D2CAD4

text

#140B15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AF42D4

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

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