#AF56E0#AF56E0

#AF56E0 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.209 H 311.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AF56E0
RGB	rgb(175, 86, 224)
HSL	hsl(279, 69%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(279, 62%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.9%, 61.6%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.12, 58.61, -55.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.12, 80.86, 316.46°)
OKLab	oklab(62.11% 0.1389 -0.1568)
OKLCH	oklch(62.11% 0.209 311.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.4591, 21.1522, 72.7741)
Luminance	0.2115 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AF56E0 #87E056

analogous

#6A56E0 #AF56E0 #E056CC

triadic

#AF56E0 #E0AF56 #56E0AF

tetradic

#AF56E0 #E06A56 #87E056 #56CCE0

square

#AF56E0 #E06A56 #87E056 #56CCE0

split-complementary

#AF56E0 #CCE056 #56E06A

monochromatic

#711D9F #9527D2 #AF56E0 #C78AE9 #E0BDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.02

#AF56E0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.23

#AF56E0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AF56E0

5.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AF56E0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AF56E0	1.00	4.02	5.23	5.23
#FFFFFF	4.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1A7AE4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A81DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A97093

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #af56e0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 86, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.209 311.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca8aea',
    500: '#af56e0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #af56e0;
$custom-light: #ca8aea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#af56e0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.696,
    "s": 69,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62108,
    "c": 0.20944,
    "h": 311.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.21151
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AF56E0

secondary

#C1E3AF

accent

#D11557

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AF56E0

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

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