#AF8CEE#AF8CEE

#AF8CEE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.143 H 299.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AF8CEE
RGB	rgb(175, 140, 238)
HSL	hsl(261, 74%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(261, 41%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.5%, 41.2%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.00, 33.18, -44.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.00, 55.63, 306.61°)
OKLab	oklab(71.16% 0.0697 -0.1247)
OKLCH	oklch(71.16% 0.143 299.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.4863, 34.0429, 85.2049)
Luminance	0.3404 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AF8CEE #CBEE8C

analogous

#8C9AEE #AF8CEE #E08CEE

triadic

#AF8CEE #EEAF8C #8CEEAF

tetradic

#AF8CEE #EE8C9A #CBEE8C #8CEEE0

square

#AF8CEE #EE8C9A #CBEE8C #8CEEE0

split-complementary

#AF8CEE #EEE08C #9AEE8C

monochromatic

#6521DE #8A57E6 #AF8CEE #D4C1F6 #ECE4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#AF8CEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.81

#AF8CEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AF8CEE

7.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AF8CEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AF8CEE	1.00	2.69	7.81	7.81
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#719EF2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#789DEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A39DB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #af8cee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 140, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.143 299.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9aef4',
    500: '#af8cee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #af8cee;
$custom-light: #c9aef4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#af8cee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.429,
    "s": 74.242,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71155,
    "c": 0.1429,
    "h": 299.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34043
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AF8CEE

secondary

#E9F3D8

accent

#D60F8F

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F8F4FD

border

#D1CED5

text

#131017

muted

#827F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #AF8CEE

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

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