#AF55E1#AF55E1

#AF55E1 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.210; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.212 H 311.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AF55E1
RGB	rgb(175, 85, 225)
HSL	hsl(279, 70%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(279, 62%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.2%, 62.2%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.00, 59.30, -56.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.00, 81.87, 316.41°)
OKLab	oklab(62.04% 0.14 -0.1589)
OKLCH	oklch(62.04% 0.212 311.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.5158, 21.0480, 73.4640)
Luminance	0.2105 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AF55E1 #87E155

analogous

#6955E1 #AF55E1 #E155CD

triadic

#AF55E1 #E1AF55 #55E1AF

tetradic

#AF55E1 #E16955 #87E155 #55CDE1

square

#AF55E1 #E16955 #87E155 #55CDE1

split-complementary

#AF55E1 #CDE155 #55E169

monochromatic

#711C9F #9525D3 #AF55E1 #C789EA #E0BDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.03

#AF55E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.21

#AF55E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AF55E1

5.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AF55E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AF55E1	1.00	4.03	5.21	5.21
#FFFFFF	4.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#137AE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4880DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A97093

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #af55e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 85, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.212 311.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca8aeb',
    500: '#af55e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #af55e1;
$custom-light: #ca8aeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#af55e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.571,
    "s": 70,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62045,
    "c": 0.21183,
    "h": 311.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.21047
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AF55E1

secondary

#C1E3AE

accent

#D21458

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AF55E1

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

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