Recognised as Colour

#AF5FC3

#AF5FC3
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Orchid

#AF5FC3 is a violet with RGB values 175, 95, 195 and HSL 288°, 45%, 57%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.2:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Orchid.

Colour values

#AF5FC3#AF5FC3

HEX#AF5FC3

RGBrgb(175, 95, 195)

RGB (0–1)0.6863, 0.3725, 0.7647

RGB percentages68.6%, 37.3%, 76.5%

HSLhsl(288, 45.5%, 56.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(288, 51.3%, 76.5%)

CMYK10.3%, 51.3%, 0%, 23.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,493,315

CSS custom property--colour: #AF5FC3;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.21239WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness137.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.25:1

Contrast with white4:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.25:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#777777

Inverted#50A03C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#4D7AC6no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 40.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#6682C0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 41.4 from the original

Tritanopia#B06D88no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 39.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text4:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.25:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Orchid · ΔE 12.8 Medium orchid · ΔE 13.8 Medium purple · ΔE 15.9 Violet · ΔE 18.6 Rebecca purple · ΔE 22.5 Slate blue · ΔE 23.7

Nearest named CSS colourOrchid (#DA70D6)ΔE 12.83, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#73C35F

Analogous#7D5FC3, #C35FA5

Triadic#C3AF5F, #5FC3AF

Split complementary#A5C35F, #5FC37D

Tetradic#C37D5F, #73C35F, #5FA5C3

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#F9F3FB

Lighter +30%#E7CEED

Lighter +20%#D4A9DF

Lighter +10%#C284D1

Darker −10%#9841AE

Darker −20%#783389

Darker −30%#572564

Darker −40%#37173F

More saturated +25%#BF44DE

Less saturated −25%#9F7BA8

Channel breakdown

R175

G95

B195

Red175 (68.6%)

Green95 (37.3%)

Blue195 (76.5%)

Hue288°

Saturation (HSL)45.45%

Lightness56.86%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR AF · G 5F · B C3

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Colour values

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