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Recognised as Colour

#AF3BF7

  • #AF3BF7
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#AF3BF7 is a violet with RGB values 175, 59, 247 and HSL 277°, 92%, 60%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#AF3BF7#AF3BF7
HEX#AF3BF7
RGBrgb(175, 59, 247)
RGB (0–1)0.6863, 0.2314, 0.9686
RGB percentages68.6%, 23.1%, 96.9%
HSLhsl(277, 92.2%, 60%)
HSV / HSBhsv(277, 76.1%, 96.9%)
CMYK29.1%, 76.1%, 0%, 3.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,484,151
CSS custom property--colour: #AF3BF7;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.18957WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness134.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.79:1
Contrast with white4.38:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black4.79:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#616161
Inverted#50C408

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0074FCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 49.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#007AF3no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 56.9 from the original
Tritanopia#A36A98no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 72.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.38:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text4.79:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 9.9Dark violet · ΔE 11.4Dark orchid · ΔE 17.3Fuchsia · ΔE 28.1Magenta · ΔE 28.1Medium orchid · ΔE 29.8
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 9.94, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#83F73B
Analogous#513BF7, #F73BE1
Triadic#F7AF3B, #3BF7AF
Split complementary#E1F73B, #3BF751
Tetradic#F7513B, #83F73B, #3BE1F7

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#EBCEFD
Lighter +20%#D79DFB
Lighter +10%#C36CF9
Darker −10%#9B0AF5
Darker −20%#7C08C4
Darker −30%#5D0693
Darker −40%#3E0462
More saturated +25%#B133FF
Less saturated −25%#A955DE

Channel breakdown

R175
G59
B247
Red175 (68.6%)
Green59 (23.1%)
Blue247 (96.9%)
Hue277.02°
Saturation (HSL)92.16%
Lightness60%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AF · G 3B · B F7

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