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Recognised as Colour

#AF32CA

  • #AF32CA
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark orchid

#AF32CA is a violet with RGB values 175, 50, 202 and HSL 289°, 60%, 49%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.1:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark orchid.

Colour values

#AF32CA#AF32CA
HEX#AF32CA
RGBrgb(175, 50, 202)
RGB (0–1)0.6863, 0.1961, 0.7922
RGB percentages68.6%, 19.6%, 79.2%
HSLhsl(289.3, 60.3%, 49.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(289.3, 75.2%, 79.2%)
CMYK13.4%, 75.2%, 0%, 20.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,481,802
CSS custom property--colour: #AF32CA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.15659WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness123.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.08:1
Contrast with white5.08:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.13:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#585858
Inverted#50CD35

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0066CEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 53.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#3F72C7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 58.2 from the original
Tritanopia#AF517Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 53.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.08:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.13:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark orchid · ΔE 8.1Medium orchid · ΔE 13.7Dark violet · ΔE 19.5Dark magenta · ΔE 21.4Blue violet · ΔE 21.5Purple · ΔE 26
Nearest named CSS colourDark orchid (#9932CC)ΔE 8.07, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#4DCA32
Analogous#6332CA, #CA3299
Triadic#CAAF32, #32CAAF
Split complementary#99CA32, #32CA63
Tetradic#CA6332, #4DCA32, #3299CA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EFD4F4
Lighter +30%#DFABEA
Lighter +20%#CF82E0
Lighter +10%#C059D6
Darker −10%#8C28A1
Darker −20%#681E78
Darker −30%#45144F
Darker −40%#210A26
More saturated +25%#C312EA
Less saturated −25%#9B52AB

Channel breakdown

R175
G50
B202
Red175 (68.6%)
Green50 (19.6%)
Blue202 (79.2%)
Hue289.34°
Saturation (HSL)60.32%
Lightness49.41%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AF · G 32 · B CA

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