#AF9CE5#AF9CE5

#AF9CE5 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.105 H 295.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AF9CE5
RGB	rgb(175, 156, 229)
HSL	hsl(256, 58%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(256, 32%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.6%, 31.9%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.42, 22.04, -34.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.42, 40.81, 302.69°)
OKLab	oklab(73.63% 0.0457 -0.0951)
OKLCH	oklch(73.63% 0.105 295.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.7072, 38.5476, 79.2513)
Luminance	0.3855 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AF9CE5 #D2E59C

analogous

#9CADE5 #AF9CE5 #D39CE5

triadic

#AF9CE5 #E5AF9C #9CE5AF

tetradic

#AF9CE5 #E59CAD #D2E59C #9CE5D3

square

#AF9CE5 #E59CAD #D2E59C #9CE5D3

split-complementary

#AF9CE5 #E5D39C #ADE59C

monochromatic

#613BCC #886CD8 #AF9CE5 #D6CCF2 #EBE7F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#AF9CE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.71

#AF9CE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AF9CE5

8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AF9CE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AF9CE5	1.00	2.41	8.71	8.71
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8AA7E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA6E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4A8B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #af9ce5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 156, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.105 295.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8b9ed',
    500: '#af9ce5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #af9ce5;
$custom-light: #c8b9ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#af9ce5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.616,
    "s": 58.4,
    "l": 75.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73635,
    "c": 0.10547,
    "h": 295.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38548
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AF9CE5

secondary

#EAF0DB

accent

#C61F9B

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FD

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #AF9CE5

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

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