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Recognised as Colour

#AF08FF

  • #AF08FF
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark violet

#AF08FF is a violet with RGB values 175, 8, 255 and HSL 281°, 100%, 52%. 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

#AF08FF#AF08FF
HEX#AF08FF
RGBrgb(175, 8, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.6863, 0.0314, 1
RGB percentages68.6%, 3.1%, 100%
HSLhsl(280.6, 100%, 51.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(280.6, 96.9%, 100%)
CMYK31.4%, 96.9%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,471,103
CSS custom property--colour: #AF08FF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.16508WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness128.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.88:1
Contrast with white4.88:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.3:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#3D3D3D
Inverted#50F700

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#006CFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 55.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#0072FBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 61.2 from the original
Tritanopia#A26097no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 81.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.88:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.3:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark violet · ΔE 17.6Blue violet · ΔE 19.3Fuchsia · ΔE 27.2Magenta · ΔE 27.2Blue · ΔE 31Dark orchid · ΔE 31.1
Nearest named CSS colourDark violet (#9400D3)ΔE 17.63, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#58FF08
Analogous#3408FF, #FF08D3
Triadic#FFAF08, #08FFAF
Split complementary#D3FF08, #08FF34
Tetradic#FF3408, #58FF08, #08D3FF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F1D4FF
Lighter +30%#E1A1FF
Lighter +20%#D06EFF
Lighter +10%#C03BFF
Darker −10%#8F00D4
Darker −20%#6D00A1
Darker −30%#4A006E
Darker −40%#28003B
More saturated +25%#AF08FF
Less saturated −25%#A427E0

Channel breakdown

R175
G8
B255
Red175 (68.6%)
Green8 (3.1%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue280.57°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness51.57%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AF · G 08 · B FF

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