#AF42D6#AF42D6

#AF42D6 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.179; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.226 H 315.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AF42D6
RGB	rgb(175, 66, 214)
HSL	hsl(284, 64%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(284, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.2%, 69.2%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.33, 65.36, -56.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.33, 86.13, 319.37°)
OKLab	oklab(59.19% 0.1616 -0.1578)
OKLCH	oklch(59.19% 0.226 315.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.7631, 17.8666, 65.3807)
Luminance	0.1787 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AF42D6 #69D642

analogous

#6542D6 #AF42D6 #D642B3

triadic

#AF42D6 #D6AF42 #42D6AF

tetradic

#AF42D6 #D66542 #69D642 #42B3D6

square

#AF42D6 #D66542 #69D642 #42B3D6

split-complementary

#AF42D6 #B3D642 #42D665

monochromatic

#671C82 #8F27B4 #AF42D6 #C474E1 #DAA7EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.59

#AF42D6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.57

#AF42D6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AF42D6

4.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AF42D6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AF42D6	1.00	4.59	4.57	4.59
#FFFFFF	4.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006FDA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4078D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC6087

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #af42d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 66, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.226 315.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb7fe3',
    500: '#af42d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #af42d6;
$custom-light: #cb7fe3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#af42d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.189,
    "s": 64.348,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59192,
    "c": 0.22583,
    "h": 315.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.17865
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AF42D6

secondary

#ABD99B

accent

#E7406C

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9EFFC

border

#D2CAD5

text

#140B15

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AF42D6

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

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