#AF87CB#AF87CB

#AF87CB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.308; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.107 H 310.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AF87CB
RGB	rgb(175, 135, 203)
HSL	hsl(275, 40%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(275, 33%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.8%, 33.5%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.30, 27.98, -29.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.30, 40.58, 313.59°)
OKLab	oklab(68.61% 0.0694 -0.0808)
OKLCH	oklch(68.61% 0.107 310.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.1208, 30.7542, 60.4690)
Luminance	0.3075 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AF87CB #A3CB87

analogous

#8D87CB #AF87CB #CB87C5

triadic

#AF87CB #CBAF87 #87CBAF

tetradic

#AF87CB #CB8D87 #A3CB87 #87C5CB

square

#AF87CB #CB8D87 #A3CB87 #87C5CB

split-complementary

#AF87CB #C5CB87 #87CB8D

monochromatic

#734196 #935CB8 #AF87CB #CBB2DE #E8DCF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#AF87CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.15

#AF87CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AF87CB

7.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AF87CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AF87CB	1.00	2.94	7.15	7.15
#FFFFFF	2.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B95CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8497C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC90A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #af87cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 135, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.107 310.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7aadb',
    500: '#af87cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #af87cb;
$custom-light: #c7aadb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#af87cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.294,
    "s": 39.535,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68609,
    "c": 0.10653,
    "h": 310.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.30754
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AF87CB

secondary

#D5E2CC

accent

#B33367

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F8F4FB

border

#D1CED4

text

#131015

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AF87CB

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

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