#AF56DD#AF56DD

#AF56DD is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.210; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.206 H 312.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AF56DD
RGB	rgb(175, 86, 221)
HSL	hsl(280, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(280, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.8%, 61.1%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.94, 57.98, -54.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.94, 79.42, 316.88°)
OKLab	oklab(61.92% 0.1389 -0.1526)
OKLCH	oklch(61.92% 0.206 312.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.0558, 20.9909, 70.6502)
Luminance	0.2099 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AF56DD #84DD56

analogous

#6C56DD #AF56DD #DD56C7

triadic

#AF56DD #DDAF56 #56DDAF

tetradic

#AF56DD #DD6C56 #84DD56 #56C7DD

square

#AF56DD #DD6C56 #84DD56 #56C7DD

split-complementary

#AF56DD #C7DD56 #56DD6C

monochromatic

#701F9A #9529CD #AF56DD #C789E7 #DFBCF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.04

#AF56DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.20

#AF56DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AF56DD

5.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AF56DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AF56DD	1.00	4.04	5.20	5.20
#FFFFFF	4.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#217AE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C80DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA6F92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #af56dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 86, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.206 312.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca8ae8',
    500: '#af56dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #af56dd;
$custom-light: #ca8ae8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#af56dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.556,
    "s": 66.502,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61924,
    "c": 0.20639,
    "h": 312.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.2099
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AF56DD

secondary

#BFE1AE

accent

#CE1756

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AF56DD

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

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