#AF42D8#AF42D8

#AF42D8 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.180; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.228 H 315.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AF42D8
RGB	rgb(175, 66, 216)
HSL	hsl(284, 66%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(284, 69%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(19%, 69.4%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.46, 65.76, -57.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.46, 87.04, 319.07°)
OKLab	oklab(59.32% 0.1614 -0.1605)
OKLCH	oklch(59.32% 0.228 315.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.0201, 17.9694, 66.7342)
Luminance	0.1797 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AF42D8 #6BD842

analogous

#6442D8 #AF42D8 #D842B6

triadic

#AF42D8 #D8AF42 #42D8AF

tetradic

#AF42D8 #D86442 #6BD842 #42B6D8

square

#AF42D8 #D86442 #6BD842 #42B6D8

split-complementary

#AF42D8 #B6D842 #42D864

monochromatic

#681B84 #8F26B7 #AF42D8 #C475E2 #DAA7ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.57

#AF42D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.59

#AF42D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AF42D8

4.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AF42D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AF42D8	1.00	4.57	4.59	4.59
#FFFFFF	4.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006FDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E78D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC6189

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #af42d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 66, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.228 315.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb7fe5',
    500: '#af42d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #af42d8;
$custom-light: #cb7fe5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#af42d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.6,
    "s": 65.789,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59322,
    "c": 0.22764,
    "h": 315.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.17968
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AF42D8

secondary

#ADDA9C

accent

#E93F6D

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9EFFC

border

#D2CAD5

text

#140B16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AF42D8

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

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