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Recognised as Colour

#AF6BDA

  • #AF6BDA
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium purple

#AF6BDA is a violet with RGB values 175, 107, 218 and HSL 277°, 60%, 64%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium purple.

Colour values

#AF6BDA#AF6BDA
HEX#AF6BDA
RGBrgb(175, 107, 218)
RGB (0–1)0.6863, 0.4196, 0.8549
RGB percentages68.6%, 42%, 85.5%
HSLhsl(276.8, 60%, 63.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(276.8, 50.9%, 85.5%)
CMYK19.7%, 50.9%, 0%, 14.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,496,410
CSS custom property--colour: #AF6BDA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.24691WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness145.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.94:1
Contrast with white3.54:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.94:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#818181
Inverted#509425

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#4E85DEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 37.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#638AD7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 38.2 from the original
Tritanopia#AA7D99no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 45.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.54:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.94:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 10.7Medium orchid · ΔE 12.8Orchid · ΔE 16Violet · ΔE 18.8Slate blue · ΔE 19.3Medium slateblue · ΔE 20.3
Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 10.69, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#96DA6B
Analogous#776BDA, #DA6BCD
Triadic#DAAF6B, #6BDAAF
Split complementary#CDDA6B, #6BDA78
Tetradic#DA786B, #96DA6B, #6BCDDA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F1E5F9
Lighter +20%#DBBDEE
Lighter +10%#C594E4
Darker −10%#9942D0
Darker −20%#7F2DB2
Darker −30%#62228A
Darker −40%#451861
More saturated +25%#B454F1
Less saturated −25%#AA82C3

Channel breakdown

R175
G107
B218
Red175 (68.6%)
Green107 (42%)
Blue218 (85.5%)
Hue276.76°
Saturation (HSL)60%
Lightness63.73%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AF · G 6B · B DA

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