#AF42DE#AF42DE

#AF42DE is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.183; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.233 H 313.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AF42DE
RGB	rgb(175, 66, 222)
HSL	hsl(282, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(282, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.2%, 70.3%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.84, 66.95, -59.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.84, 89.79, 318.22°)
OKLab	oklab(59.72% 0.1608 -0.1688)
OKLCH	oklch(59.72% 0.233 313.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.8099, 18.2854, 70.8942)
Luminance	0.1828 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AF42DE #71DE42

analogous

#6142DE #AF42DE #DE42BF

triadic

#AF42DE #DEAF42 #42DEAF

tetradic

#AF42DE #DE6142 #71DE42 #42BFDE

square

#AF42DE #DE6142 #71DE42 #42BFDE

split-complementary

#AF42DE #BFDE42 #42DE61

monochromatic

#6A198D #9122C1 #AF42DE #C576E7 #DBAAF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.51

#AF42DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.66

#AF42DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AF42DE

4.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AF42DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AF42DE	1.00	4.51	4.66	4.66
#FFFFFF	4.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0071E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3779DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA638C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #af42de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 66, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.233 313.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb7fe9',
    500: '#af42de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #af42de;
$custom-light: #cb7fe9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#af42de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.923,
    "s": 70.27,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59715,
    "c": 0.23311,
    "h": 313.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.18284
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AF42DE

secondary

#B1DE9E

accent

#ED3B70

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAEFFD

border

#D3CAD5

text

#140B16

muted

#837C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AF42DE

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

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