#AF51D8#AF51D8

#AF51D8 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.200; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.208 H 314.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AF51D8
RGB	rgb(175, 81, 216)
HSL	hsl(282, 63%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(282, 63%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(19%, 62.5%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.79, 59.28, -53.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.79, 79.71, 318.04°)
OKLab	oklab(61% 0.1449 -0.1497)
OKLCH	oklch(61% 0.208 314.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.0142, 19.9577, 67.0656)
Luminance	0.1996 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AF51D8 #7AD851

analogous

#6B51D8 #AF51D8 #D851BD

triadic

#AF51D8 #D8AF51 #51D8AF

tetradic

#AF51D8 #D86B51 #7AD851 #51BDD8

square

#AF51D8 #D86B51 #7AD851 #51BDD8

split-complementary

#AF51D8 #BDD851 #51D86B

monochromatic

#6D208F #932BC1 #AF51D8 #C683E3 #DDB5EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.21

#AF51D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.99

#AF51D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AF51D8

4.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AF51D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AF51D8	1.00	4.21	4.99	4.99
#FFFFFF	4.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1B76DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C7ED5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB6A8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #af51d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 81, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.208 314.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca87e5',
    500: '#af51d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #af51d8;
$custom-light: #ca87e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#af51d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.778,
    "s": 63.38,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60997,
    "c": 0.20835,
    "h": 314.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.19957
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AF51D8

secondary

#B8DDA8

accent

#E64174

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FC

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AF51D8

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

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