#AF42E0#AF42E0

#AF42E0 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.184; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.235 H 313.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AF42E0
RGB	rgb(175, 66, 224)
HSL	hsl(281, 72%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(281, 71%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.9%, 70.5%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.97, 67.35, -60.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.97, 90.71, 317.95°)
OKLab	oklab(59.85% 0.1606 -0.1715)
OKLCH	oklch(59.85% 0.235 313.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.0796, 18.3932, 72.3143)
Luminance	0.1839 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AF42E0 #73E042

analogous

#6042E0 #AF42E0 #E042C2

triadic

#AF42E0 #E0AF42 #42E0AF

tetradic

#AF42E0 #E06042 #73E042 #42C2E0

square

#AF42E0 #E06042 #73E042 #42C2E0

split-complementary

#AF42E0 #C2E042 #42E060

monochromatic

#6B1890 #9220C5 #AF42E0 #C577E9 #DCABF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.49

#AF42E0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.68

#AF42E0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AF42E0

4.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AF42E0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AF42E0	1.00	4.49	4.68	4.68
#FFFFFF	4.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0071E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3479DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA648D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #af42e0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 66, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.235 313.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb80ea',
    500: '#af42e0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #af42e0;
$custom-light: #cb80ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#af42e0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.392,
    "s": 71.818,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59848,
    "c": 0.23494,
    "h": 313.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.18392
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AF42E0

secondary

#B3DF9F

accent

#EF3971

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAEFFD

border

#D3CAD5

text

#140B16

muted

#837C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AF42E0

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

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