#AF55E6#AF55E6

#AF55E6 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.217 H 310.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AF55E6
RGB	rgb(175, 85, 230)
HSL	hsl(277, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(277, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.9%, 63%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.30, 60.37, -58.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.30, 84.26, 315.76°)
OKLab	oklab(62.36% 0.1398 -0.1658)
OKLCH	oklch(62.36% 0.217 310.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.2079, 21.3248, 77.1090)
Luminance	0.2132 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AF55E6 #8CE655

analogous

#6755E6 #AF55E6 #E655D5

triadic

#AF55E6 #E6AF55 #55E6AF

tetradic

#AF55E6 #E66755 #8CE655 #55D5E6

square

#AF55E6 #E66755 #8CE655 #55D5E6

split-complementary

#AF55E6 #D5E655 #55E667

monochromatic

#7219A8 #9621DD #AF55E6 #C88AEE #E1C0F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.99

#AF55E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.26

#AF55E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AF55E6

5.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AF55E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AF55E6	1.00	3.99	5.26	5.26
#FFFFFF	3.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007BEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4281E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A87296

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #af55e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 85, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.217 310.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb8aef',
    500: '#af55e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #af55e6;
$custom-light: #cb8aef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#af55e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.241,
    "s": 74.359,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6236,
    "c": 0.2169,
    "h": 310.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.21324
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AF55E6

secondary

#C5E6B1

accent

#D60F5B

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AF55E6

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

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