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Recognised as Colour

#AF40FF

  • #AF40FF
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#AF40FF is a violet with RGB values 175, 64, 255 and HSL 275°, 100%, 63%. 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

#AF40FF#AF40FF
HEX#AF40FF
RGBrgb(175, 64, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.6863, 0.251, 1
RGB percentages68.6%, 25.1%, 100%
HSLhsl(274.9, 100%, 62.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(274.9, 74.9%, 100%)
CMYK31.4%, 74.9%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,485,439
CSS custom property--colour: #AF40FF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.20001WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness137.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5:1
Contrast with white4.2:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#656565
Inverted#50BF00

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0078FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 50.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#007CFBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 55 from the original
Tritanopia#A1709Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 74.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.2:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 10.7Dark violet · ΔE 13.3Dark orchid · ΔE 19.6Fuchsia · ΔE 29Magenta · ΔE 29Medium orchid · ΔE 31.8
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 10.72, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#90FF40
Analogous#5040FF, #FF40EF
Triadic#FFAF40, #40FFAF
Split complementary#EFFF40, #40FF50
Tetradic#FF5040, #90FF40, #40EFFF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#EFD9FF
Lighter +20%#DAA6FF
Lighter +10%#C473FF
Darker −10%#9A0DFF
Darker −20%#7E00D9
Darker −30%#6000A6
Darker −40%#430073
More saturated +25%#AF40FF
Less saturated −25%#AB58E7

Channel breakdown

R175
G64
B255
Red175 (68.6%)
Green64 (25.1%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue274.87°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness62.55%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AF · G 40 · B FF

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