#AF8BE5#AF8BE5

#AF8BE5 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.133 H 301.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AF8BE5
RGB	rgb(175, 139, 229)
HSL	hsl(264, 63%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(264, 39%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.6%, 39.3%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.35, 31.61, -40.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.35, 51.53, 307.83°)
OKLab	oklab(70.53% 0.0695 -0.1133)
OKLCH	oklch(70.53% 0.133 301.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.0516, 33.2363, 78.3661)
Luminance	0.3324 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AF8BE5 #C1E58B

analogous

#8B94E5 #AF8BE5 #DC8BE5

triadic

#AF8BE5 #E5AF8B #8BE5AF

tetradic

#AF8BE5 #E58B94 #C1E58B #8BE5DC

square

#AF8BE5 #E58B94 #C1E58B #8BE5DC

split-complementary

#AF8BE5 #E5DC8B #94E58B

monochromatic

#6B2DC9 #8D59DA #AF8BE5 #D1BDF0 #EEE6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#AF8BE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.65

#AF8BE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AF8BE5

7.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AF8BE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AF8BE5	1.00	2.75	7.65	7.65
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#759BE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C9CE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A59AAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #af8be5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 139, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.133 301.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8aded',
    500: '#af8be5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #af8be5;
$custom-light: #c8aded;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#af8be5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264,
    "s": 63.38,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70532,
    "c": 0.13287,
    "h": 301.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33236
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AF8BE5

secondary

#E8F1DA

accent

#CB1A84

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F8F4FD

border

#D1CED5

text

#131016

muted

#827F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AF8BE5

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

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