#AF55AA#AF55AA

#AF55AA is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.158 H 329.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AF55AA
RGB	rgb(175, 85, 170)
HSL	hsl(303, 36%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(303, 51%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.4%, 2.9%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.11, 48.44, -29.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.11, 56.65, 328.76°)
OKLab	oklab(59% 0.1364 -0.0804)
OKLCH	oklch(59% 0.158 329.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.1831, 18.5149, 40.1117)
Luminance	0.1851 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AF55AA #55AF5A

analogous

#8755AF #AF55AA #AF557D

triadic

#AF55AA #AAAF55 #55AAAF

tetradic

#AF55AA #AF8755 #55AF5A #557DAF

square

#AF55AA #AF8755 #55AF5A #557DAF

split-complementary

#AF55AA #7DAF55 #55AF87

monochromatic

#5E2C5B #874083 #AF55AA #C37FBF #D6A8D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.47

#AF55AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.70

#AF55AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AF55AA

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AF55AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AF55AA	1.00	4.47	4.70	4.70
#FFFFFF	4.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F6FAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A7CA7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B55D78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #af55aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 85, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.158 329.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c989c3',
    500: '#af55aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #af55aa;
$custom-light: #c989c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#af55aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 303.333,
    "s": 36,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58999,
    "c": 0.1583,
    "h": 329.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.18513
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AF55AA

secondary

#9CC49E

accent

#CC625C

background

#FCF8FC

surface

#F9F0F8

border

#D2CBD1

text

#130C12

muted

#827D81

Preview Lab

Preview with #AF55AA

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

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