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Recognised as Colour

#AF5CD8

  • #AF5CD8
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium orchid

#AF5CD8 is a violet with RGB values 175, 92, 216 and HSL 280°, 61%, 60%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.3:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium orchid.

Colour values

#AF5CD8#AF5CD8
HEX#AF5CD8
RGBrgb(175, 92, 216)
RGB (0–1)0.6863, 0.3608, 0.8471
RGB percentages68.6%, 36.1%, 84.7%
HSLhsl(280.2, 61.4%, 60.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(280.2, 57.4%, 84.7%)
CMYK19%, 57.4%, 0%, 15.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,492,568
CSS custom property--colour: #AF5CD8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.21726WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness139.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.35:1
Contrast with white3.93:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.35:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#777777
Inverted#50A327

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#367CDCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 43.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#5682D5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 44.1 from the original
Tritanopia#AB7291no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 50.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.93:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.35:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium orchid · ΔE 5.8Medium purple · ΔE 17.2Dark orchid · ΔE 18.2Orchid · ΔE 18.2Medium slateblue · ΔE 20Violet · ΔE 21
Nearest named CSS colourMedium orchid (#BA55D3)ΔE 5.78, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#85D85C
Analogous#715CD8, #D85CC3
Triadic#D8AF5C, #5CD8AF
Split complementary#C3D85C, #5CD871
Tetradic#D8715C, #85D85C, #5CC3D8

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#ECD7F6
Lighter +20%#D7AEEC
Lighter +10%#C385E2
Darker −10%#9B33CE
Darker −20%#7C28A6
Darker −30%#5E1E7D
Darker −40%#3F1454
More saturated +25%#B843F1
Less saturated −25%#A675BF

Channel breakdown

R175
G92
B216
Red175 (68.6%)
Green92 (36.1%)
Blue216 (84.7%)
Hue280.16°
Saturation (HSL)61.39%
Lightness60.39%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AF · G 5C · B D8

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