#AF51BE#AF51BE

#AF51BE is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.187; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.183 H 322.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AF51BE
RGB	rgb(175, 81, 190)
HSL	hsl(292, 46%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(292, 57%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.9%, 57.4%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.36, 54.09, -40.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.36, 67.67, 323.07°)
OKLab	oklab(59.49% 0.1442 -0.1128)
OKLCH	oklch(59.49% 0.183 322)
XYZ	xyz(29.9149, 18.7180, 50.7424)
Luminance	0.1872 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AF51BE #60BE51

analogous

#7851BE #AF51BE #BE5196

triadic

#AF51BE #BEAF51 #51BEAF

tetradic

#AF51BE #BE7851 #60BE51 #5196BE

square

#AF51BE #BE7851 #60BE51 #5196BE

split-complementary

#AF51BE #96BE51 #51BE78

monochromatic

#63286C #8C3999 #AF51BE #C37ECF #D8AADF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.43

#AF51BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.74

#AF51BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AF51BE

4.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AF51BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AF51BE	1.00	4.43	4.74	4.74
#FFFFFF	4.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3D71C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E7CBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B16180

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #af51be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 81, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.183 322.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c987d2',
    500: '#af51be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #af51be;
$custom-light: #c987d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#af51be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.743,
    "s": 45.607,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59491,
    "c": 0.18312,
    "h": 322
  },
  "luminance": 0.18717
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AF51BE

secondary

#A4CD9E

accent

#D55365

background

#FCF8FC

surface

#F9F0F9

border

#D2CBD2

text

#130C14

muted

#827D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #AF51BE

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

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