#AF8BEE#AF8BEE

#AF8BEE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.144 H 299.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AF8BEE
RGB	rgb(175, 139, 238)
HSL	hsl(262, 74%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(262, 42%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.5%, 41.6%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.77, 33.74, -45.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.77, 56.26, 306.85°)
OKLab	oklab(70.98% 0.0711 -0.1258)
OKLCH	oklch(70.98% 0.144 299.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.3409, 33.7520, 85.1565)
Luminance	0.3375 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AF8BEE #CAEE8B

analogous

#8B99EE #AF8BEE #E18BEE

triadic

#AF8BEE #EEAF8B #8BEEAF

tetradic

#AF8BEE #EE8B99 #CAEE8B #8BEEE1

square

#AF8BEE #EE8B99 #CAEE8B #8BEEE1

split-complementary

#AF8BEE #EEE18B #99EE8B

monochromatic

#6521DE #8A56E6 #AF8BEE #D4C0F6 #EDE4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#AF8BEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.75

#AF8BEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AF8BEE

7.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AF8BEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AF8BEE	1.00	2.71	7.75	7.75
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#709DF2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#779CEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A39CB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #af8bee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 139, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.144 299.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9adf4',
    500: '#af8bee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #af8bee;
$custom-light: #c9adf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#af8bee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.818,
    "s": 74.436,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7098,
    "c": 0.14449,
    "h": 299.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33752
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AF8BEE

secondary

#E9F3D8

accent

#D70F8E

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F8F4FD

border

#D1CED5

text

#131017

muted

#827F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #AF8BEE

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →