#AF5AE1#AF5AE1

#AF5AE1 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.205 H 310.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AF5AE1
RGB	rgb(175, 90, 225)
HSL	hsl(278, 69%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(278, 60%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.2%, 60%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.88, 56.91, -55.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.88, 79.17, 315.96°)
OKLab	oklab(62.68% 0.1341 -0.1548)
OKLCH	oklch(62.68% 0.205 310.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.9234, 21.8633, 73.5999)
Luminance	0.2186 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AF5AE1 #8CE15A

analogous

#6C5AE1 #AF5AE1 #E15AD0

triadic

#AF5AE1 #E1AF5A #5AE1AF

tetradic

#AF5AE1 #E16C5A #8CE15A #5AD0E1

square

#AF5AE1 #E16C5A #8CE15A #5AD0E1

split-complementary

#AF5AE1 #D0E15A #5AE16C

monochromatic

#721EA3 #9627D7 #AF5AE1 #C88EEA #E1C2F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.91

#AF5AE1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.37

#AF5AE1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AF5AE1

5.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AF5AE1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AF5AE1	1.00	3.91	5.37	5.37
#FFFFFF	3.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#257DE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D82DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A97395

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #af5ae1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 90, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.205 310.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca8deb',
    500: '#af5ae1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #af5ae1;
$custom-light: #ca8deb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#af5ae1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.778,
    "s": 69.231,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62683,
    "c": 0.20484,
    "h": 310.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21863
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AF5AE1

secondary

#C5E4B2

accent

#D1145A

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AF5AE1

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

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