#AF51CB#AF51CB

#AF51CB is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.193; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.196 H 317.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AF51CB
RGB	rgb(175, 81, 203)
HSL	hsl(286, 54%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(286, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.8%, 60.1%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.05, 56.64, -47.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.05, 73.63, 320.29°)
OKLab	oklab(60.22% 0.1449 -0.1314)
OKLCH	oklch(60.22% 0.196 317.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.3996, 19.3119, 58.5619)
Luminance	0.1931 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AF51CB #6DCB51

analogous

#7251CB #AF51CB #CB51AA

triadic

#AF51CB #CBAF51 #51CBAF

tetradic

#AF51CB #CB7251 #6DCB51 #51AACB

square

#AF51CB #CB7251 #6DCB51 #51AACB

split-complementary

#AF51CB #AACB51 #51CB72

monochromatic

#68257C #9033AC #AF51CB #C580D9 #DAAFE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.32

#AF51CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.86

#AF51CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AF51CB

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AF51CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AF51CB	1.00	4.32	4.86	4.86
#FFFFFF	4.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3073CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#567DC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE6587

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #af51cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 81, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.196 317.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca87db',
    500: '#af51cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #af51cb;
$custom-light: #ca87db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#af51cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.23,
    "s": 53.982,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60222,
    "c": 0.19561,
    "h": 317.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.19311
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AF51CB

secondary

#AED5A3

accent

#DD4A6C

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F9F0FB

border

#D2CBD4

text

#140C15

muted

#827D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AF51CB

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

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