#AF42E4#AF42E4

#AF42E4 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.239 H 312.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AF42E4
RGB	rgb(175, 66, 228)
HSL	hsl(280, 75%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(280, 71%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.2%, 71.1%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.23, 68.16, -62.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.23, 92.54, 317.44°)
OKLab	oklab(60.12% 0.1601 -0.1769)
OKLCH	oklch(60.12% 0.239 312.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.6284, 18.6128, 75.2049)
Luminance	0.1861 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AF42E4 #77E442

analogous

#5E42E4 #AF42E4 #E442C8

triadic

#AF42E4 #E4AF42 #42E4AF

tetradic

#AF42E4 #E45E42 #77E442 #42C8E4

square

#AF42E4 #E45E42 #77E442 #42C8E4

split-complementary

#AF42E4 #C8E442 #42E45E

monochromatic

#6C1596 #931DCC #AF42E4 #C678EC #DCADF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.45

#AF42E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.72

#AF42E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AF42E4

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AF42E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AF42E4	1.00	4.45	4.72	4.72
#FFFFFF	4.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0072E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2E7AE0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9668F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #af42e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 66, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.239 312.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc80ed',
    500: '#af42e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #af42e4;
$custom-light: #cc80ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#af42e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.37,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60117,
    "c": 0.2386,
    "h": 312.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.18612
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AF42E4

secondary

#B6E2A0

accent

#F23674

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAEFFD

border

#D3CAD5

text

#140B16

muted

#837C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AF42E4

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

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