#AF55DD#AF55DD

#AF55DD is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.208 H 312.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AF55DD
RGB	rgb(175, 85, 221)
HSL	hsl(280, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(280, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.8%, 61.5%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.77, 58.45, -54.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.77, 79.96, 316.97°)
OKLab	oklab(61.8% 0.1401 -0.1534)
OKLCH	oklch(61.8% 0.208 312.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.9765, 20.8323, 70.6238)
Luminance	0.2083 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AF55DD #83DD55

analogous

#6B55DD #AF55DD #DD55C7

triadic

#AF55DD #DDAF55 #55DDAF

tetradic

#AF55DD #DD6B55 #83DD55 #55C7DD

square

#AF55DD #DD6B55 #83DD55 #55C7DD

split-complementary

#AF55DD #C7DD55 #55DD6B

monochromatic

#701F99 #9529CC #AF55DD #C788E7 #DFBBF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.06

#AF55DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.17

#AF55DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AF55DD

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AF55DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AF55DD	1.00	4.06	5.17	5.17
#FFFFFF	4.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1E79E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B80DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA6F91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #af55dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 85, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.208 312.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca8ae8',
    500: '#af55dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #af55dd;
$custom-light: #ca8ae8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#af55dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.706,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61798,
    "c": 0.20779,
    "h": 312.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.20831
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AF55DD

secondary

#BEE1AD

accent

#EA3E78

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AF55DD

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

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