#AF59DD#AF59DD

#AF59DD is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.202 H 312.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AF59DD
RGB	rgb(175, 89, 221)
HSL	hsl(279, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(279, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.8%, 59.7%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.47, 56.53, -53.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.47, 77.79, 316.61°)
OKLab	oklab(62.31% 0.1353 -0.1502)
OKLCH	oklch(62.31% 0.202 312)
XYZ	xyz(34.3004, 21.4800, 70.7318)
Luminance	0.2148 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AF59DD #87DD59

analogous

#6D59DD #AF59DD #DD59C9

triadic

#AF59DD #DDAF59 #59DDAF

tetradic

#AF59DD #DD6D59 #87DD59 #59C9DD

square

#AF59DD #DD6D59 #87DD59 #59C9DD

split-complementary

#AF59DD #C9DD59 #59DD6D

monochromatic

#71209C #952ACF #AF59DD #C78CE7 #E0BFF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.97

#AF59DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.30

#AF59DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AF59DD

5.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AF59DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AF59DD	1.00	3.97	5.30	5.30
#FFFFFF	3.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#297BE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F82DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA7193

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #af59dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 89, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.202 312.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca8ce8',
    500: '#af59dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #af59dd;
$custom-light: #ca8ce8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#af59dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.091,
    "s": 66,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6231,
    "c": 0.20212,
    "h": 312
  },
  "luminance": 0.21479
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AF59DD

secondary

#C1E2B0

accent

#CE1857

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AF59DD

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →