#AF51E5#AF51E5

#AF51E5 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.207; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.221 H 310.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AF51E5
RGB	rgb(175, 81, 229)
HSL	hsl(278, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(278, 65%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.6%, 64.6%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.57, 62.00, -59.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.57, 85.86, 316.23°)
OKLab	oklab(61.81% 0.1444 -0.1676)
OKLCH	oklch(61.81% 0.221 310.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.7618, 20.6567, 76.2695)
Luminance	0.2066 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AF51E5 #87E551

analogous

#6551E5 #AF51E5 #E551D1

triadic

#AF51E5 #E5AF51 #51E5AF

tetradic

#AF51E5 #E56551 #87E551 #51D1E5

square

#AF51E5 #E56551 #87E551 #51D1E5

split-complementary

#AF51E5 #D1E551 #51E565

monochromatic

#7118A3 #9520D8 #AF51E5 #C786ED #E0BBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.09

#AF51E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.13

#AF51E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AF51E5

5.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AF51E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AF51E5	1.00	4.09	5.13	5.13
#FFFFFF	4.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0079E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F7FE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A86F94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #af51e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 81, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.221 310.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb88ee',
    500: '#af51e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #af51e5;
$custom-light: #cb88ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#af51e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.108,
    "s": 74,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61812,
    "c": 0.22122,
    "h": 310.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.20656
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AF51E5

secondary

#C1E5AD

accent

#D60F58

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AF51E5

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

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