#AF51DC#AF51DC

#AF51DC is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.202; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.212 H 313.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AF51DC
RGB	rgb(175, 81, 220)
HSL	hsl(281, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(281, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.5%, 63.2%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.03, 60.11, -55.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.03, 81.60, 317.45°)
OKLab	oklab(61.24% 0.1448 -0.1552)
OKLCH	oklch(61.24% 0.212 313)
XYZ	xyz(33.5376, 20.1671, 69.8222)
Luminance	0.2017 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AF51DC #7EDC51

analogous

#6A51DC #AF51DC #DC51C3

triadic

#AF51DC #DCAF51 #51DCAF

tetradic

#AF51DC #DC6A51 #7EDC51 #51C3DC

square

#AF51DC #DC6A51 #7EDC51 #51C3DC

split-complementary

#AF51DC #C3DC51 #51DC6A

monochromatic

#6E1E95 #9428C8 #AF51DC #C684E6 #DEB7F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.17

#AF51DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.03

#AF51DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AF51DC

5.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AF51DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AF51DC	1.00	4.17	5.03	5.03
#FFFFFF	4.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1077E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#487ED9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA6C8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #af51dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 81, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.212 313.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca87e7',
    500: '#af51dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #af51dc;
$custom-light: #ca87e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#af51dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.576,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61243,
    "c": 0.2123,
    "h": 313
  },
  "luminance": 0.20166
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AF51DC

secondary

#BBE0A9

accent

#E93E76

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AF51DC

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

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