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Recognised as Colour

#AF40FD

  • #AF40FD
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#AF40FD is a violet with RGB values 175, 64, 253 and HSL 275°, 98%, 62%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#AF40FD#AF40FD
HEX#AF40FD
RGBrgb(175, 64, 253)
RGB (0–1)0.6863, 0.251, 0.9922
RGB percentages68.6%, 25.1%, 99.2%
HSLhsl(275.2, 97.9%, 62.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(275.2, 74.7%, 99.2%)
CMYK30.8%, 74.7%, 0%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,485,437
CSS custom property--colour: #AF40FD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.19873WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness137.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.97:1
Contrast with white4.22:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black4.97:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#656565
Inverted#50BF02

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0078FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 50.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#007CF9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 55.3 from the original
Tritanopia#A16F9Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 73.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.22:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text4.97:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 10.4Dark violet · ΔE 12.9Dark orchid · ΔE 18.7Fuchsia · ΔE 28.9Magenta · ΔE 28.9Medium orchid · ΔE 30.8
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 10.42, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#8EFD40
Analogous#5040FD, #FD40ED
Triadic#FDAF40, #40FDAF
Split complementary#ECFD40, #40FD51
Tetradic#FD5140, #8EFD40, #40EDFD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#EED7FF
Lighter +20%#D9A5FE
Lighter +10%#C472FE
Darker −10%#9A0EFC
Darker −20%#7E02D5
Darker −30%#6002A2
Darker −40%#420170
More saturated +25%#AF3EFF
Less saturated −25%#AB58E5

Channel breakdown

R175
G64
B253
Red175 (68.6%)
Green64 (25.1%)
Blue253 (99.2%)
Hue275.24°
Saturation (HSL)97.93%
Lightness62.16%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AF · G 40 · B FD

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