#AF42E2#AF42E2

#AF42E2 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.237 H 312.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AF42E2
RGB	rgb(175, 66, 226)
HSL	hsl(281, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(281, 71%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.6%, 70.8%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.10, 67.76, -61.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.10, 91.62, 317.69°)
OKLab	oklab(59.98% 0.1604 -0.1742)
OKLCH	oklch(59.98% 0.237 312.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.3524, 18.5023, 73.7511)
Luminance	0.1850 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AF42E2 #75E242

analogous

#5F42E2 #AF42E2 #E242C5

triadic

#AF42E2 #E2AF42 #42E2AF

tetradic

#AF42E2 #E25F42 #75E242 #42C5E2

square

#AF42E2 #E25F42 #75E242 #42C5E2

split-complementary

#AF42E2 #C5E242 #42E25F

monochromatic

#6B1793 #921FC8 #AF42E2 #C577EA #DCACF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.47

#AF42E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.70

#AF42E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AF42E2

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AF42E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AF42E2	1.00	4.47	4.70	4.70
#FFFFFF	4.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0072E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3179DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9658E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #af42e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 66, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.237 312.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb80ec',
    500: '#af42e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #af42e2;
$custom-light: #cb80ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#af42e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.875,
    "s": 73.394,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59982,
    "c": 0.23677,
    "h": 312.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.18501
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AF42E2

secondary

#B4E09F

accent

#F03872

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAEFFD

border

#D3CAD5

text

#140B16

muted

#837C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AF42E2

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

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