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Recognised as Colour

#AF5FD7

  • #AF5FD7
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium orchid

#AF5FD7 is a violet with RGB values 175, 95, 215 and HSL 280°, 60%, 61%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.4:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium orchid.

Colour values

#AF5FD7#AF5FD7
HEX#AF5FD7
RGBrgb(175, 95, 215)
RGB (0–1)0.6863, 0.3725, 0.8431
RGB percentages68.6%, 37.3%, 84.3%
HSLhsl(280, 60%, 60.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(280, 55.8%, 84.3%)
CMYK18.6%, 55.8%, 0%, 15.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,493,335
CSS custom property--colour: #AF5FD7;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.22205WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness140.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.44:1
Contrast with white3.86:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.44:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#797979
Inverted#50A028

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#3D7DDBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 41.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#5984D4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 43.3 from the original
Tritanopia#AB7492no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 48.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.86:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.44:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium orchid · ΔE 6.9Medium purple · ΔE 15.6Orchid · ΔE 17Violet · ΔE 20Medium slateblue · ΔE 20.1Dark orchid · ΔE 20.3
Nearest named CSS colourMedium orchid (#BA55D3)ΔE 6.95, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#87D75F
Analogous#735FD7, #D75FC3
Triadic#D7AF5F, #5FD7AF
Split complementary#C3D75F, #5FD773
Tetradic#D7735F, #87D75F, #5FC3D7

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#ECD9F6
Lighter +20%#D8B1EB
Lighter +10%#C388E1
Darker −10%#9B36CD
Darker −20%#7D2AA6
Darker −30%#5E1F7E
Darker −40%#401555
More saturated +25%#B746F0
Less saturated −25%#A778BE

Channel breakdown

R175
G95
B215
Red175 (68.6%)
Green95 (37.3%)
Blue215 (84.3%)
Hue280°
Saturation (HSL)60%
Lightness60.78%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AF · G 5F · B D7

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