#AF51E3#AF51E3

#AF51E3 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.219 H 311.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AF51E3
RGB	rgb(175, 81, 227)
HSL	hsl(279, 72%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(279, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.9%, 64.3%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.45, 61.58, -58.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.45, 84.91, 316.49°)
OKLab	oklab(61.68% 0.1445 -0.1648)
OKLCH	oklch(61.68% 0.219 311.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.4842, 20.5457, 74.8073)
Luminance	0.2054 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AF51E3 #85E351

analogous

#6651E3 #AF51E3 #E351CE

triadic

#AF51E3 #E3AF51 #51E3AF

tetradic

#AF51E3 #E36651 #85E351 #51CEE3

square

#AF51E3 #E36651 #85E351 #51CEE3

split-complementary

#AF51E3 #CEE351 #51E366

monochromatic

#701AA0 #9522D5 #AF51E3 #C786EB #DFBAF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.11

#AF51E3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.11

#AF51E3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AF51E3

5.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AF51E3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AF51E3	1.00	4.11	5.11	5.11
#FFFFFF	4.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0079E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#417FE0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A96E93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #af51e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 81, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.219 311.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb88ec',
    500: '#af51e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #af51e3;
$custom-light: #cb88ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#af51e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.63,
    "s": 72.277,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61684,
    "c": 0.21923,
    "h": 311.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.20545
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AF51E3

secondary

#C0E4AC

accent

#D41157

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AF51E3

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

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