#AF42FF#AF42FF

#AF42FF is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.202; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.263 H 306.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AF42FF
RGB	rgb(175, 66, 255)
HSL	hsl(275, 100%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(275, 74%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.4%, 74.1%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.10, 73.76, -74.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.10, 104.99, 314.63°)
OKLab	oklab(62.03% 0.1557 -0.2125)
OKLCH	oklch(62.03% 0.263 306.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.6734, 20.2308, 96.5086)
Luminance	0.2023 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AF42FF #92FF42

analogous

#5042FF #AF42FF #FF42F1

triadic

#AF42FF #FFAF42 #42FFAF

tetradic

#AF42FF #FF5042 #92FF42 #42F1FF

square

#AF42FF #FF5042 #92FF42 #42F1FF

split-complementary

#AF42FF #F1FF42 #42FF50

monochromatic

#7300C7 #9505FF #AF42FF #C97FFF #E3BCFF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.16

#AF42FF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.05

#AF42FF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AF42FF

5.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AF42FF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AF42FF	1.00	4.16	5.05	5.05
#FFFFFF	4.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0079FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#007DFB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A1719E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #af42ff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 66, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.263 306.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd81ff',
    500: '#af42ff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #af42ff;
$custom-light: #cd81ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#af42ff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.603,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62025,
    "c": 0.26341,
    "h": 306.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.2023
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AF42FF

secondary

#C9F0AC

accent

#E60061

background

#FDF8FF

surface

#FAEFFF

border

#D3CAD7

text

#140B18

muted

#837C86

Preview Lab

Preview with #AF42FF

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

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