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violet · cool

#af2fe3

a balanced, electric violet · cool · closest name: Dark Orchid

Token name suggestion: Atlas Plum

RGB
175, 47, 227
HSL
283°, 76%, 54%
CMYK
23, 79, 0, 11
Luminance
0.1669

#af2fe3 is a balanced electric violet, 283° on the wheel and 60/100 on the cool side. Put white text on it (4.84:1). As text it scores 4.84:1 on white — safe at any size. Nearest name is Dark Orchid, nearest Tailwind family is purple.

hsl(283 76% 54%)rgb(175 47 227)Base step 500AA inkCool

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #af2fe3 is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#af2fe3
Hue
283°
violet
Saturation
76%
electric
Lightness
54%
balanced
Brightness
89%
HSV value
Perceived
50%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.1669
WCAG relative
Temperature
Cool
60/100 cool
Color family
Violet
Tone
Electric
Best ink
White
4.84:1
Closest name
Dark Orchid
ΔE2000 4.8
Chroma
99.5
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.584
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
purple
500 · ΔE 7.2
Web-safe
#9933CC
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue283° of 360°
Saturation76%
Lightness54%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #af2fe3.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool60% cool

Reads cool. Warm and cool siblings keep the same lightness, so you can swap one in without redoing your contrast maths.

Luminance by channel
Red55%
Green12%
Blue33%

Green carries most of what the eye calls brightness — that is why WCAG weights it 0.7152.

Every format

HEX#af2fe3
HEX (8-digit)#af2fe3ff
RGBrgb(175, 47, 227)
RGBArgba(175, 47, 227, 1)
HSLhsl(283, 76%, 54%)
HSV / HSBhsv(283, 79%, 89%)
HWBhwb(283 18% 11%)
CMYKcmyk(23%, 79%, 0%, 11%)
LABlab(47.9 74.5 -65.8)
LCHlch(47.9 99.5 318.5)
OKLCHoklch(0.584 0.257 313.4)
XYZ (D65)xyz(32.56, 16.69, 74.17)
Decimal11481059
Display P3color(display-p3 0.686 0.184 0.890)
Web-safe#9933CC

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #af2fe3;
background-color: #af2fe3;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #af2fe3;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#af2fe3] bg-[#af2fe3]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #af2fe3;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.686, green: 0.184, blue: 0.890)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.686, green: 0.184, blue: 0.890, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#AF2FE3</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFAF2FE3)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFAF2FE3)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(227, 47, 175)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(175, 47, 227)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(175, 47, 227)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 175, 47, 227)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.6863f, 0.1843f, 0.8902f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{175,47,227}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #af2fe3 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #af2fe3 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#540F70, #E6D3EE);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #af2fe3 h s calc(l - 7));

Design tokens

The same ramp in the four formats a team actually needs. Paste one and the whole palette lands with it.

css custom propertiesclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: #F9F3FC;
  --brand-100: #F4E7F9;
  --brand-200: #E7C8F4;
  --brand-300: #D99CF2;
  --brand-400: #C66BEB;
  --brand-500: #af2fe3;
  --brand-600: #A21DD8;
  --brand-700: #8718B4;
  --brand-800: #6C1390;
  --brand-900: #4F1268;
  --brand-950: #320B41;
  --brand: #af2fe3;
  --brand-ink: #ffffff;
  --brand-surface: #F9F4FA;
  --brand-border: #E0C0ED;
  --brand-hover: #9E1CD2;
  --brand-pressed: #8618B2;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #201424;
    --brand-ink: #E6D3EE;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#F9F3FC',
        100: '#F4E7F9',
        200: '#E7C8F4',
        300: '#D99CF2',
        400: '#C66BEB',
        500: '#af2fe3',
        600: '#A21DD8',
        700: '#8718B4',
        800: '#6C1390',
        900: '#4F1268',
        950: '#320B41',
        DEFAULT: '#af2fe3',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #F9F3FC,
  '100': #F4E7F9,
  '200': #E7C8F4,
  '300': #D99CF2,
  '400': #C66BEB,
  '500': #af2fe3,
  '600': #A21DD8,
  '700': #8718B4,
  '800': #6C1390,
  '900': #4F1268,
  '950': #320B41,
);
$brand-base: #af2fe3;
$brand-ink: #ffffff;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#F9F3FC", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#F4E7F9", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#E7C8F4", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#D99CF2", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#C66BEB", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#af2fe3", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#A21DD8", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#8718B4", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#6C1390", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#4F1268", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#320B41", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$value": "#ffffff", "$type": "color" }
  }
}

Best text color

Only one of black and white can be right. This is the one, with the number that proves it.

Readable at a glance#ffffff on #af2fe3 · 4.84:1
Use #ffffffAA at every size, AAA for large text only.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 4.84:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 4.34:1
AA fail · AA large pass · AAA fail
Reading the other direction: #af2fe3 as text scores 4.84:1 on white and 4.34:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #F6E9FC at 4.14:1.

Make it accessible

A contrast checker tells you that you failed. This tells you what to ship instead — same hue, same saturation, lightness moved only as far as WCAG demands.

The quick fox
#af2fe3 · 4.84:1
AA on whitealready passes
#af2fe3
The quick fox
#8D19BB · 7.03:1
AAA on white−12% L
#8D19BB
The quick fox
#B338E4 · 4.60:1
AA on black+2% L
#B338E4
The quick fox
#C972EC · 7.10:1
AAA on black+15% L
#C972EC

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #AF2FE3 is enough for headings on white. Non-text elements such as icons, chart strokes and focus rings also sit at 3:1 under WCAG 2.2 (1.4.11).

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#af2fe3 on white: 4.84:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#af2fe3 on black: 4.34:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #af2fe3 as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #af2fe3.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White4.84:1AaAa
Slate 504.63:1AaAa
Slate 1004.42:1AaAa
Slate 2003.93:1AaAa
Slate 3003.26:1AaAa
Slate 4001.89:1AaAa
Slate 5001.02:1AaAa
Slate 6001.57:1AaAa
Slate 7002.14:1AaAa
Slate 8003.02:1AaAa
Slate 9003.69:1AaAa
Black4.34:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #006BE8
deuteranopia · #1474DF
tritanopia · #A95C8A

Roughly one man in twelve has some form of colour vision deficiency. If any of the three panels above is hard to tell apart from a neighbouring colour in your palette, add a shape, an icon or a label so the meaning does not rest on hue alone.

Color scale — 50 to 950

A Tailwind-shaped ramp built around this exact hex. #af2fe3 is pinned to step 500; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

#F9F3FC
#F4E7F9
#E7C8F4
#D99CF2
#C66BEB
#af2fe3
#A21DD8
#8718B4
#6C1390
#4F1268
#320B41
Base = 500Lightest = 50 · #F9F3FCDarkest = 950 · #320B41Text step on white = 500
Perceptual ramp — OKLCH

The same eleven steps expressed in OKLCH, where equal lightness numbers actually look equally spaced. HSL ramps go muddy in the yellows and washed out in the blues; this one does not. Modern browsers render it natively — the hex ramp above is the fallback.

50100200300400500600700800900950
oklch tokensclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: oklch(0.97 0.064 313.4);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.103 313.4);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.154 313.4);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.200 313.4);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.236 313.4);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.257 313.4);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.257 313.4);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.241 313.4);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.216 313.4);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.180 313.4);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.141 313.4);
}

Colors that work with #af2fe3

Not a palette — a role sheet. Each swatch answers one question you will hit while building the component.

Text on it#ffffff
White wins here
Surface#F9F4FA
Tinted page background
Border#E0C0ED
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#844B9B
Captions on the surface
Accent#6CB814
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#540F70
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#F6E9FC
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#201424
Dark-mode background
Hover#9E1CD2
One step down in lightness
Pressed#8618B2
Two steps down
Disabled#C7B3CF
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#BB36F0
Offset from the fill so it reads
Light mode
Everything in its place

Surface, border, heading and body all derive from this one hue, so the screen stays coherent without a second palette.

Primary actionSecondaryBadge
Dark mode
Same hue, inverted

Lightness flips, hue holds. The accent stays the anchor in both themes.

Primary actionSecondaryAccent

In real components

The same eight roles, wired into the interface patterns you will actually build with them. Every state below is a computed value, not a mock-up.

Buttons and states
Save changesHoverPressedDisabled
OutlineSubtleLinkFocused
Form field
you@company.com

Focus ring uses the light variant so the field still reads as one shape.

Send me product updates
Notice
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NewBetaDraft
Data
Storage used68%
Acme LtdActive
NorthwindTrial
GlobexActive

How to use #af2fe3

Derived from its contrast, chroma and lightness — not from taste.

Works well for
  • Body text and links on white
  • Primary buttons and calls to action
  • Focus rings, active and selected states
  • Brand accents, badges and data highlights
  • Chart series and data categories
Use with care
  • Full-page backgrounds — tiring over long sessions
  • Pairing with a same-lightness hue — edges vibrate
Minimum size as text on white
Any size
Safe as a fill behind white type
Yes
Safe as a 1px border on white
Yes

Meaning and mood

What a colour in this family tends to signal, and how this particular chroma and lightness change the reading.

creativepremiummodernimaginative

Violet sits between the warmth of red and the calm of blue, so it reads as inventive without reading as risky. Current shorthand for software craft.

At this chroma the association is amplified — it will dominate anything placed beside it, so give it space and use it sparingly. The mid lightness keeps it versatile in both themes.

Worth knowing

Deep violets swallow detail on screens with poor gamma; check it on a cheap laptop panel.

Reads as
  • FormalityLow
  • EnergyHigh
  • Weight46/100
  • TemperatureCool
  • ApproachabilityBalanced

Colour associations are cultural and vary by market. Treat these as a starting point for a conversation with your audience, not a finding about them.

Similar colors

One move away from this hex in each direction. Every swatch is its own page.

Color relationships

The wheel positions with their names attached, so you can grab the one you actually need.

Complementary#63E32F
Analogous left#552FE3
Analogous right#E32FBD
Split-complement 1#BDE32F
Split-complement 2#2FE355
Triadic 1#E3AF2F
Triadic 2#2FE3AF
Tetradic#E3552F
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°283°

#af2fe3 sits at 283°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red68.6%
Green18.4%
Blue89.0%
R · 0–255
175
0xaf
G · 0–255
47
0x2f
B · 0–255
227
0xe3

CMYK percentages

Cyan22.9%
Magenta79.3%
Yellow0.0%
Key (black)11.0%

Total ink coverage is 113%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#af2fe3 text on a black background

contrast 4.34:1

Card sample

#af2fe3 text on a white background

contrast 4.84:1

Card sample

#af2fe3 on grey

4.42:1

#af2fe3 on its own surface

4.46:1

#af2fe3 on its dark surface

3.66:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #af2fe3;
Background color
Panel with #af2fe3 background
background-color: #af2fe3;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #af2fe3;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(175, 47, 227, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(175, 47, 227, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #af2fe3;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #af2fe3, #E32F9F);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #af2fe3, #E32F72);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #af2fe3;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #af2fe3;
caret-color: #af2fe3;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #af2fe3;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #F6E9FC;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #af2fe3;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#af2fe3 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #af2fe3 over white; the bottom row is the same alpha over a checkerboard, so you can see what survives on a photo or a video.

Bottom row of hexes is the flattened result over white — use those when a design tool refuses transparency, or when you need a solid fallback.

alpha in every syntaxclick to select
rgba(175, 47, 227, 0.5)
rgb(175 47 227 / 50%)
#af2fe380
hsl(283 76% 54% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #af2fe3 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#af2fe31a#F7EAFC
20%#af2fe333#EFD5F9
40%#af2fe366#DFACF4
60%#af2fe399#CF82EE
80%#af2fe3cc#BF59E9

Gradients from #af2fe3

Six recipes, each built from this hex and shown with the exact CSS that produced it.

Elevation
Same hue, three lightnesses — safe anywhere
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #C465EA, #af2fe3 45%, #540F70);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #af2fe3, #D61D81);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #af2fe3, #63E32F);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #CE80EE 0%, #af2fe3 45%, #540F70 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #F9F4FA, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #6E5CE9 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #E74AB8 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #540F70 0%, transparent 65%), #af2fe3;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #af2fe3

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Tones — desaturated

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Ranked with CIEDE2000 across all 139 CSS keywords. Under ΔE 2 the eye stops telling them apart; over ΔE 10 they are plainly different colors.

#af2fe3 in the real world

Where a color in this family tends to land, and the interface roles it is usually asked to play.

Industries
Creative toolsFintechBeautyLuxury
Common UI roles
ButtonsLinksFocus statesCharts
Print note

Sits outside most CMYK gamuts — expect a duller press result, or specify a spot ink.

On screens

Holds up across typical panel gamma. Still worth checking on an uncalibrated laptop, where mid-tones shift most.

In dark mode

Too dim on dark surfaces at 4.34:1 — lift it to #B338E4 for body text, or reserve it for fills.

Explore nearby colors

Small, deliberate steps away from this hex — useful when you are hunting for the version of a colour that finally feels right.

#af2fe3, answered

What color is #af2fe3?

#af2fe3 is a balanced electric violet, closest to Dark Orchid (ΔE2000 4.8). It sits at 283° on the hue wheel with 76% saturation and 54% lightness, which reads as cool.

What is the RGB value of #af2fe3?

rgb(175, 47, 227) — 175 red, 47 green and 227 blue out of 255, or 68.6% / 18.4% / 89% by channel.

What is #af2fe3 in HSL and HSV?

hsl(283, 76%, 54%) and hsv(283, 79%, 89%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #af2fe3 a light or a dark color?

It is a dark color. Relative luminance is 0.1669 and perceived brightness is 50%, so white text on it reaches 4.84:1.

Should I use black or white text on #af2fe3?

White. It scores 4.84:1 against #af2fe3, versus 4.34:1 for black — AA at any size.

Is #af2fe3 accessible on a white background?

#af2fe3 on white scores 4.84:1, which clears AA at every size but not AAA.

What is the complementary color of #af2fe3?

#63E32F sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #BDE32F and #2FE355, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #af2fe3?

For interface work: #F9F4FA as the surface, #E0C0ED for borders, #844B9B for secondary text, #6CB814 as an accent and #540F70 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #552FE3 and #E32FBD stays calm, while #63E32F is the loudest partner.

What is #af2fe3 in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(23%, 79%, 0%, 11%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — a color this saturated sits outside most CMYK gamuts and will print duller than it looks here.

Is #af2fe3 warm or cool?

Cool — it scores 60 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #E32FD5; nudged cooler, #6C2CE5.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #af2fe3?

The purple family — its 500 step is #a855f7, ΔE2000 7.2 away. That is a visible difference, so define #af2fe3 as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #af2fe3 in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#af2fe3] or text-[#af2fe3], or register the whole ramp under theme.extend.colors.brand so you get bg-brand-500 and friends. The generated 50–950 scale on this page is ready to paste into your config.

What is #af2fe3 with 50% opacity?

rgba(175, 47, 227, 0.5), or #af2fe380 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #D797F1; over black, #581872.

Is #af2fe3 a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #9933CC, ΔE2000 4.8 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #af2fe3 mean?

As a violet, it reads creative, premium, modern. Violet sits between the warmth of red and the calm of blue, so it reads as inventive without reading as risky. Current shorthand for software craft. At this chroma the effect is amplified — it will dominate whatever sits beside it.

What gradient works with #af2fe3?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #C465EA, #af2fe3 45%, #540F70). For more colour, a short hue run to #D61D81 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #af2fe3 in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #af2fe3 at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.