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Recognised as Colour

#AF4EEF

  • #AF4EEF
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark orchid

#AF4EEF is a violet with RGB values 175, 78, 239 and HSL 276°, 83%, 62%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.2:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark orchid.

Colour values

#AF4EEF#AF4EEF
HEX#AF4EEF
RGBrgb(175, 78, 239)
RGB (0–1)0.6863, 0.3059, 0.9373
RGB percentages68.6%, 30.6%, 93.7%
HSLhsl(276.1, 83.4%, 62.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(276.1, 67.4%, 93.7%)
CMYK26.8%, 67.4%, 0%, 6.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,489,007
CSS custom property--colour: #AF4EEF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.20795WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness138.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.16:1
Contrast with white4.07:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.16:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#6E6E6E
Inverted#50B110

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#007AF4no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 47.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#2D7FEBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 51.7 from the original
Tritanopia#A57199no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 64.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.07:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.16:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark orchid · ΔE 10.5Blue violet · ΔE 15.2Dark violet · ΔE 17.9Medium orchid · ΔE 18.5Medium slateblue · ΔE 24.4Slate blue · ΔE 31.1
Nearest named CSS colourDark orchid (#9932CC)ΔE 10.45, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#8EEF4E
Analogous#5E4EEF, #EF4EDF
Triadic#EFAF4E, #4EEFAF
Split complementary#DFEF4E, #4EEF5E
Tetradic#EF5E4E, #8EEF4E, #4EDFEF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#EEDAFC
Lighter +20%#D9ACF7
Lighter +10%#C47DF3
Darker −10%#9A1FEB
Darker −20%#7E12C5
Darker −30%#600E96
Darker −40%#420968
More saturated +25%#B23EFF
Less saturated −25%#AA66D7

Channel breakdown

R175
G78
B239
Red175 (68.6%)
Green78 (30.6%)
Blue239 (93.7%)
Hue276.15°
Saturation (HSL)83.42%
Lightness62.16%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AF · G 4E · B EF

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