#AF8AEE#AF8AEE

#AF8AEE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.146 H 299.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AF8AEE
RGB	rgb(175, 138, 238)
HSL	hsl(262, 75%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(262, 42%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.5%, 42%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.53, 34.30, -45.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.53, 56.88, 307.08°)
OKLab	oklab(70.81% 0.0725 -0.1268)
OKLCH	oklch(70.81% 0.146 299.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.1968, 33.4637, 85.1084)
Luminance	0.3346 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AF8AEE #C9EE8A

analogous

#8A97EE #AF8AEE #E18AEE

triadic

#AF8AEE #EEAF8A #8AEEAF

tetradic

#AF8AEE #EE8A97 #C9EE8A #8AEEE1

square

#AF8AEE #EE8A97 #C9EE8A #8AEEE1

split-complementary

#AF8AEE #EEE18A #97EE8A

monochromatic

#6620DD #8A55E6 #AF8AEE #D4BFF6 #EDE4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#AF8AEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.69

#AF8AEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AF8AEE

7.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AF8AEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AF8AEE	1.00	2.73	7.69	7.69
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F9CF2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#769CEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A39BB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #af8aee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 138, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.146 299.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9acf4',
    500: '#af8aee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #af8aee;
$custom-light: #c9acf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#af8aee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.2,
    "s": 74.627,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70806,
    "c": 0.14607,
    "h": 299.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33464
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AF8AEE

secondary

#E9F3D8

accent

#D70F8D

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F8F4FD

border

#D1CED5

text

#131017

muted

#827F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #AF8AEE

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

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