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Recognised as Colour

#AF04FF

  • #AF04FF
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark violet

#AF04FF is a violet with RGB values 175, 4, 255 and HSL 281°, 100%, 51%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark violet.

Colour values

#AF04FF#AF04FF
HEX#AF04FF
RGBrgb(175, 4, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.6863, 0.0157, 1
RGB percentages68.6%, 1.6%, 100%
HSLhsl(280.9, 100%, 50.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(280.9, 98.4%, 100%)
CMYK31.4%, 98.4%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,470,079
CSS custom property--colour: #AF04FF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.16421WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness128.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.9:1
Contrast with white4.9:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.28:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#3A3A3A
Inverted#50FB00

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#006CFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 55.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#0072FBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 61.6 from the original
Tritanopia#A25F96no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 82 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.9:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.28:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark violet · ΔE 17.9Blue violet · ΔE 19.6Fuchsia · ΔE 27.2Magenta · ΔE 27.2Blue · ΔE 30.9Dark orchid · ΔE 31.5
Nearest named CSS colourDark violet (#9400D3)ΔE 17.9, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#54FF04
Analogous#3104FF, #FF04D2
Triadic#FFAF04, #04FFAF
Split complementary#D1FF04, #04FF32
Tetradic#FF3204, #54FF04, #04D2FF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F0D0FF
Lighter +30%#E09DFF
Lighter +20%#D06AFF
Lighter +10%#BF37FF
Darker −10%#8E00D0
Darker −20%#6B009D
Darker −30%#48006A
Darker −40%#250037
More saturated +25%#AF04FF
Less saturated −25%#A423E0

Channel breakdown

R175
G4
B255
Red175 (68.6%)
Green4 (1.6%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue280.88°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness50.78%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AF · G 04 · B FF

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