#AF57DD#AF57DD

#AF57DD is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.205 H 312.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AF57DD
RGB	rgb(175, 87, 221)
HSL	hsl(279, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(279, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.8%, 60.6%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.12, 57.50, -54.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.12, 78.88, 316.80°)
OKLab	oklab(62.05% 0.1377 -0.1518)
OKLCH	oklch(62.05% 0.205 312.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.1362, 21.1517, 70.6770)
Luminance	0.2115 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AF57DD #85DD57

analogous

#6C57DD #AF57DD #DD57C8

triadic

#AF57DD #DDAF57 #57DDAF

tetradic

#AF57DD #DD6C57 #85DD57 #57C8DD

square

#AF57DD #DD6C57 #85DD57 #57C8DD

split-complementary

#AF57DD #C8DD57 #57DD6C

monochromatic

#701F9A #952ACD #AF57DD #C78AE7 #DFBDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.02

#AF57DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.23

#AF57DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AF57DD

5.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AF57DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AF57DD	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)

#247AE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D81DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA7092

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #af57dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 87, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.205 312.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca8be8',
    500: '#af57dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #af57dd;
$custom-light: #ca8be8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#af57dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.403,
    "s": 66.337,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62052,
    "c": 0.20498,
    "h": 312.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21151
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AF57DD

secondary

#C0E1AE

accent

#CE1756

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AF57DD

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

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