#AF51D5#AF51D5

#AF51D5 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.198; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.205 H 314.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AF51D5
RGB	rgb(175, 81, 213)
HSL	hsl(283, 61%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(283, 62%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.8%, 62%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.61, 58.66, -51.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.61, 78.30, 318.52°)
OKLab	oklab(60.81% 0.145 -0.1455)
OKLCH	oklch(60.81% 0.205 314.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.6299, 19.8040, 65.0416)
Luminance	0.1980 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AF51D5 #77D551

analogous

#6D51D5 #AF51D5 #D551B9

triadic

#AF51D5 #D5AF51 #51D5AF

tetradic

#AF51D5 #D56D51 #77D551 #51B9D5

square

#AF51D5 #D56D51 #77D551 #51B9D5

split-complementary

#AF51D5 #B9D551 #51D56D

monochromatic

#6C218A #932DBC #AF51D5 #C682E1 #DCB4ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.23

#AF51D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.96

#AF51D5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AF51D5

4.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AF51D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AF51D5	1.00	4.23	4.96	4.96
#FFFFFF	4.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2176D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E7ED2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC698C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #af51d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 81, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.205 314.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca87e2',
    500: '#af51d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #af51d5;
$custom-light: #ca87e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#af51d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.727,
    "s": 61.111,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60814,
    "c": 0.20539,
    "h": 314.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.19803
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AF51D5

secondary

#B6DBA6

accent

#E44472

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F9F0FB

border

#D2CBD4

text

#140C15

muted

#827D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AF51D5

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

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