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Recognised as Colour

#AF17D8

  • #AF17D8
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark violet

#AF17D8 is a violet with RGB values 175, 23, 216 and HSL 287°, 81%, 47%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.3:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark violet.

Colour values

#AF17D8#AF17D8
HEX#AF17D8
RGBrgb(175, 23, 216)
RGB (0–1)0.6863, 0.0902, 0.8471
RGB percentages68.6%, 9%, 84.7%
HSLhsl(287.3, 80.8%, 46.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(287.3, 89.4%, 84.7%)
CMYK19%, 89.4%, 0%, 15.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,474,904
CSS custom property--colour: #AF17D8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.14685WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness121.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.33:1
Contrast with white5.33:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.94:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#454545
Inverted#50E827

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0063DDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 54.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#176FD4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 64.8 from the original
Tritanopia#AC4E80no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 63.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.33:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.94:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark violet · ΔE 8.7Dark orchid · ΔE 13.6Blue violet · ΔE 13.9Fuchsia · ΔE 25.4Magenta · ΔE 25.4Medium orchid · ΔE 26.5
Nearest named CSS colourDark violet (#9400D3)ΔE 8.74, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#40D817
Analogous#4F17D8, #D817A0
Triadic#D8AF17, #17D8AF
Split complementary#A1D817, #17D84F
Tetradic#D84E17, #40D817, #17A0D8

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EDC2F9
Lighter +30%#DF94F4
Lighter +20%#D266EF
Lighter +10%#C438EA
Darker −10%#8A12AA
Darker −20%#640D7C
Darker −30%#3F084E
Darker −40%#1A0320
More saturated +25%#BC00EF
Less saturated −25%#9E35BA

Channel breakdown

R175
G23
B216
Red175 (68.6%)
Green23 (9%)
Blue216 (84.7%)
Hue287.25°
Saturation (HSL)80.75%
Lightness46.86%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AF · G 17 · B D8

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