#AF42D5#AF42D5

#AF42D5 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.178; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.225 H 315.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AF42D5
RGB	rgb(175, 66, 213)
HSL	hsl(284, 64%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(284, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.8%, 69%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.27, 65.17, -55.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.27, 85.67, 319.52°)
OKLab	oklab(59.13% 0.1616 -0.1564)
OKLCH	oklch(59.13% 0.225 315.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.6358, 17.8157, 64.7102)
Luminance	0.1781 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AF42D5 #68D542

analogous

#6642D5 #AF42D5 #D542B1

triadic

#AF42D5 #D5AF42 #42D5AF

tetradic

#AF42D5 #D56642 #68D542 #42B1D5

square

#AF42D5 #D56642 #68D542 #42B1D5

split-complementary

#AF42D5 #B1D542 #42D566

monochromatic

#661C80 #8E28B2 #AF42D5 #C474E0 #D9A6EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.60

#AF42D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.56

#AF42D5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AF42D5

4.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AF42D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AF42D5	1.00	4.60	4.56	4.60
#FFFFFF	4.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006FD9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4178D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC5F87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #af42d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 66, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.225 315.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb7fe3',
    500: '#af42d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #af42d5;
$custom-light: #cb7fe3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#af42d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.49,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59128,
    "c": 0.22492,
    "h": 315.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.17814
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AF42D5

secondary

#AAD89A

accent

#E7416C

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9EFFC

border

#D2CAD5

text

#140B15

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AF42D5

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

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