#AF99DD#AF99DD

#AF99DD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.099 H 298.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AF99DD
RGB	rgb(175, 153, 221)
HSL	hsl(259, 50%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(259, 31%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.8%, 30.8%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.36, 21.87, -31.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.36, 38.41, 304.70°)
OKLab	oklab(72.72% 0.0478 -0.0871)
OKLCH	oklch(72.72% 0.099 298.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.1187, 37.1167, 73.3379)
Luminance	0.3712 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AF99DD #C7DD99

analogous

#99A5DD #AF99DD #D199DD

triadic

#AF99DD #DDAF99 #99DDAF

tetradic

#AF99DD #DD99A5 #C7DD99 #99DDD1

square

#AF99DD #DD99A5 #C7DD99 #99DDD1

split-complementary

#AF99DD #DDD199 #A5DD99

monochromatic

#683FBD #8B6BCE #AF99DD #D3C7EC #EDE8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#AF99DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.42

#AF99DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AF99DD

8.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AF99DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AF99DD	1.00	2.49	8.42	8.42
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8AA4E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA3DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7A4B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #af99dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 153, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.099 298.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8b7e7',
    500: '#af99dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #af99dd;
$custom-light: #c8b7e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#af99dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.412,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72717,
    "c": 0.09942,
    "h": 298.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37117
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AF99DD

secondary

#E9EEDD

accent

#BD288D

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FC

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #AF99DD

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

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