#AF42D9#AF42D9

#AF42D9 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.180; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.229 H 314.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AF42D9
RGB	rgb(175, 66, 217)
HSL	hsl(283, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(283, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.4%, 69.6%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.52, 65.95, -57.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.52, 87.50, 318.92°)
OKLab	oklab(59.39% 0.1613 -0.1619)
OKLCH	oklch(59.39% 0.229 314.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.1497, 18.0213, 67.4171)
Luminance	0.1802 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AF42D9 #6CD942

analogous

#6342D9 #AF42D9 #D942B8

triadic

#AF42D9 #D9AF42 #42D9AF

tetradic

#AF42D9 #D96342 #6CD942 #42B8D9

square

#AF42D9 #D96342 #6CD942 #42B8D9

split-complementary

#AF42D9 #B8D942 #42D963

monochromatic

#681B86 #9025B9 #AF42D9 #C575E3 #DAA8ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.56

#AF42D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.60

#AF42D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AF42D9

4.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AF42D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AF42D9	1.00	4.56	4.60	4.60
#FFFFFF	4.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0070DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3D79D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC6189

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #af42d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 66, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.229 314.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb7fe5',
    500: '#af42d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #af42d9;
$custom-light: #cb7fe5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#af42d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.311,
    "s": 66.52,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59387,
    "c": 0.22855,
    "h": 314.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.1802
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AF42D9

secondary

#ADDB9C

accent

#E93E6E

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9EFFC

border

#D2CAD5

text

#140B16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AF42D9

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

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