#AF5BE5#AF5BE5

#AF5BE5 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.223; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.208 H 309.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AF5BE5
RGB	rgb(175, 91, 229)
HSL	hsl(277, 73%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(277, 60%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.6%, 60.3%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.30, 57.29, -56.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.30, 80.55, 315.33°)
OKLab	oklab(63.06% 0.1329 -0.1595)
OKLCH	oklch(63.06% 0.208 309.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.5604, 22.2539, 76.5357)
Luminance	0.2225 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AF5BE5 #91E55B

analogous

#6A5BE5 #AF5BE5 #E55BD6

triadic

#AF5BE5 #E5AF5B #5BE5AF

tetradic

#AF5BE5 #E56A5B #91E55B #5BD6E5

square

#AF5BE5 #E56A5B #91E55B #5BD6E5

split-complementary

#AF5BE5 #D6E55B #5BE56A

monochromatic

#721BAB #9526DD #AF5BE5 #C990ED #E3C5F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.85

#AF5BE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.45

#AF5BE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AF5BE5

5.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AF5BE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AF5BE5	1.00	3.85	5.45	5.45
#FFFFFF	3.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#217EE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A83E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A87598

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #af5be5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 91, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.208 309.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca8eee',
    500: '#af5be5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #af5be5;
$custom-light: #ca8eee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#af5be5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.522,
    "s": 72.632,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63059,
    "c": 0.2076,
    "h": 309.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.22253
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AF5BE5

secondary

#C8E7B5

accent

#D5115D

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140D16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AF5BE5

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

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