#AF56E2#AF56E2

#AF56E2 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.211 H 311.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AF56E2
RGB	rgb(175, 86, 226)
HSL	hsl(278, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(278, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.6%, 61.9%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.23, 59.04, -56.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.23, 81.82, 316.19°)
OKLab	oklab(62.23% 0.1388 -0.1595)
OKLCH	oklch(62.23% 0.211 311)
XYZ	xyz(34.7319, 21.2613, 74.2110)
Luminance	0.2126 (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

#AF56E2 #89E256

analogous

#6956E2 #AF56E2 #E256CF

triadic

#AF56E2 #E2AF56 #56E2AF

tetradic

#AF56E2 #E26956 #89E256 #56CFE2

square

#AF56E2 #E26956 #89E256 #56CFE2

split-complementary

#AF56E2 #CFE256 #56E269

monochromatic

#711CA2 #9525D6 #AF56E2 #C88AEB #E0BEF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.00

#AF56E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.25

#AF56E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AF56E2

5.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AF56E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AF56E2	1.00	4.00	5.25	5.25
#FFFFFF	4.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#157BE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4881DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A97194

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #af56e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 86, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.211 311.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca8aec',
    500: '#af56e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #af56e2;
$custom-light: #ca8aec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#af56e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.143,
    "s": 70.707,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62232,
    "c": 0.21147,
    "h": 311
  },
  "luminance": 0.21261
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AF56E2

secondary

#C3E4B0

accent

#D31359

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AF56E2

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

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