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Recognised as Colour

#AF4DFD

  • #AF4DFD
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#AF4DFD is a violet with RGB values 175, 77, 253 and HSL 273°, 98%, 65%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.3:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#AF4DFD#AF4DFD
HEX#AF4DFD
RGBrgb(175, 77, 253)
RGB (0–1)0.6863, 0.302, 0.9922
RGB percentages68.6%, 30.2%, 99.2%
HSLhsl(273.4, 97.8%, 64.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(273.4, 69.6%, 99.2%)
CMYK30.8%, 69.6%, 0%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,488,765
CSS custom property--colour: #AF4DFD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.21514WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness141.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.3:1
Contrast with white3.96:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.3:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#6F6F6F
Inverted#50B202

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#007DFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 48.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#0080F9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 52.6 from the original
Tritanopia#A176A0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 71.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.96:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.3:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 11.9Dark orchid · ΔE 15.6Dark violet · ΔE 15.8Medium orchid · ΔE 25.9Medium slateblue · ΔE 28.5Fuchsia · ΔE 31.9
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 11.87, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#9BFD4D
Analogous#574DFD, #FD4DF3
Triadic#FDAF4D, #4DFDAF
Split complementary#F3FD4D, #4DFD57
Tetradic#FD574D, #9BFD4D, #4DF3FD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F3E4FF
Lighter +20%#DCB2FE
Lighter +10%#C67FFE
Darker −10%#981BFC
Darker −20%#7F03E1
Darker −30%#6202AF
Darker −40%#46017D
More saturated +25%#AF4BFF
Less saturated −25%#AC63E7

Channel breakdown

R175
G77
B253
Red175 (68.6%)
Green77 (30.2%)
Blue253 (99.2%)
Hue273.41°
Saturation (HSL)97.78%
Lightness64.71%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AF · G 4D · B FD

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