Recognised as Colour

#AF77BC

#AF77BC
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Plum

#AF77BC is a violet with RGB values 175, 119, 188 and HSL 289°, 34%, 60%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.2:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

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HEX#AF77BC

RGBrgb(175, 119, 188)

RGB (0–1)0.6863, 0.4667, 0.7373

RGB percentages68.6%, 46.7%, 73.7%

HSLhsl(288.7, 34%, 60.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(288.7, 36.7%, 73.7%)

CMYK6.9%, 36.7%, 0%, 26.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,499,452

CSS custom property--colour: #AF77BC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.25938WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness146.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.19:1

Contrast with white3.39:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.19:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#888888

Inverted#508843

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#6E87BFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 28.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#7C8DBAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 29.1 from the original

Tritanopia#B07F91no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 28.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.39:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.19:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 16.4 Medium purple · ΔE 22.9 Orchid · ΔE 23.1 Violet · ΔE 27 Pale violetred · ΔE 30.5 Dark slateblue · ΔE 31.7

Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 16.43, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#84BC77

Analogous#8C77BC, #BC77A7

Triadic#BCAF77, #77BCAF

Split complementary#A7BC77, #77BC8D

Tetradic#BC8D77, #84BC77, #77A7BC

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#EBDEEE

Lighter +20%#D7BBDE

Lighter +10%#C399CD

Darker −10%#9B55AB

Darker −20%#7C4489

Darker −30%#5D3367

Darker −40%#3E2245

More saturated +25%#BF5ED5

Less saturated −25%#9F90A3

Channel breakdown

R175

G119

B188

Red175 (68.6%)

Green119 (46.7%)

Blue188 (73.7%)

Hue288.7°

Saturation (HSL)33.99%

Lightness60.2%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR AF · G 77 · B BC

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