#AF42D7#AF42D7

#AF42D7 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.179; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.227 H 315.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AF42D7
RGB	rgb(175, 66, 215)
HSL	hsl(284, 65%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(284, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.6%, 69.3%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.40, 65.56, -56.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.40, 86.58, 319.22°)
OKLab	oklab(59.26% 0.1615 -0.1592)
OKLCH	oklch(59.26% 0.227 315.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.8912, 17.9179, 66.0554)
Luminance	0.1792 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AF42D7 #6AD742

analogous

#6542D7 #AF42D7 #D742B4

triadic

#AF42D7 #D7AF42 #42D7AF

tetradic

#AF42D7 #D76542 #6AD742 #42B4D7

square

#AF42D7 #D76542 #6AD742 #42B4D7

split-complementary

#AF42D7 #B4D742 #42D765

monochromatic

#671C83 #8F26B5 #AF42D7 #C475E2 #DAA7EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.58

#AF42D7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.58

#AF42D7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AF42D7

4.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AF42D7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AF42D7	1.00	4.58	4.58	4.58
#FFFFFF	4.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006FDB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F78D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC6088

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #af42d7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 66, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.227 315.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb7fe4',
    500: '#af42d7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #af42d7;
$custom-light: #cb7fe4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#af42d7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.893,
    "s": 65.066,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59257,
    "c": 0.22674,
    "h": 315.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.17917
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AF42D7

secondary

#ACDA9B

accent

#E8406D

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9EFFC

border

#D2CAD5

text

#140B16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AF42D7

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

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