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Recognised as Colour

#AF45CE

  • #AF45CE
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium orchid

#AF45CE is a violet with RGB values 175, 69, 206 and HSL 286°, 58%, 54%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium orchid.

Colour values

#AF45CE#AF45CE
HEX#AF45CE
RGBrgb(175, 69, 206)
RGB (0–1)0.6863, 0.2706, 0.8078
RGB percentages68.6%, 27.1%, 80.8%
HSLhsl(286.4, 58.3%, 53.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(286.4, 66.5%, 80.8%)
CMYK15%, 66.5%, 0%, 19.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,486,670
CSS custom property--colour: #AF45CE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.17826WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness129.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.6:1
Contrast with white4.6:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.57:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#656565
Inverted#50BA31

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#056ED2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 50.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#4A78CBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 52.2 from the original
Tritanopia#AE5E84no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 51.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.6:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.57:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium orchid · ΔE 7Dark orchid · ΔE 10.7Dark magenta · ΔE 21.1Orchid · ΔE 23Purple · ΔE 24.9Dark violet · ΔE 25.2
Nearest named CSS colourMedium orchid (#BA55D3)ΔE 6.98, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#64CE45
Analogous#6A45CE, #CE45A9
Triadic#CEAF45, #45CEAF
Split complementary#A9CE45, #45CE6A
Tetradic#CE6A45, #64CE45, #45A9CE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F4E6F9
Lighter +30%#E3BEEE
Lighter +20%#D296E3
Lighter +10%#C06DD9
Darker −10%#942FB1
Darker −20%#722489
Darker −30%#501961
Darker −40%#2F0F38
More saturated +25%#BF28EB
Less saturated −25%#9F62B1

Channel breakdown

R175
G69
B206
Red175 (68.6%)
Green69 (27.1%)
Blue206 (80.8%)
Hue286.42°
Saturation (HSL)58.3%
Lightness53.92%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AF · G 45 · B CE

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