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Recognised as Colour

#AF50E6

  • #AF50E6
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark orchid

#AF50E6 is a violet with RGB values 175, 80, 230 and HSL 278°, 75%, 61%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.1:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark orchid.

Colour values

#AF50E6#AF50E6
HEX#AF50E6
RGBrgb(175, 80, 230)
RGB (0–1)0.6863, 0.3137, 0.902
RGB percentages68.6%, 31.4%, 90.2%
HSLhsl(278, 75%, 60.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(278, 65.2%, 90.2%)
CMYK23.9%, 65.2%, 0%, 9.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,489,510
CSS custom property--colour: #AF50E6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.20564WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness137.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.11:1
Contrast with white4.11:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.11:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#6F6F6F
Inverted#50AF19

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0079EBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 47.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#3D7FE3no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 50.1 from the original
Tritanopia#A86F94no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 60.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.11:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.11:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark orchid · ΔE 9.4Medium orchid · ΔE 13.3Blue violet · ΔE 19.3Dark violet · ΔE 21.4Medium slateblue · ΔE 22.2Slate blue · ΔE 27.7
Nearest named CSS colourDark orchid (#9932CC)ΔE 9.42, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#87E650
Analogous#6450E6, #E650D2
Triadic#E6AF50, #50E6AF
Split complementary#D2E650, #50E664
Tetradic#E66450, #87E650, #50D2E6

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#ECD6F9
Lighter +20%#D8A9F3
Lighter +10%#C37DEC
Darker −10%#9B23E0
Darker −20%#7D1AB6
Darker −30%#5E1489
Darker −40%#400D5D
More saturated +25%#B637FF
Less saturated −25%#A869CD

Channel breakdown

R175
G80
B230
Red175 (68.6%)
Green80 (31.4%)
Blue230 (90.2%)
Hue278°
Saturation (HSL)75%
Lightness60.78%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AF · G 50 · B E6

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