Recognised as Colour

#AF81C5

#AF81C5
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Plum

#AF81C5 is a violet with RGB values 175, 129, 197 and HSL 281°, 37%, 64%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

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HEX#AF81C5

RGBrgb(175, 129, 197)

RGB (0–1)0.6863, 0.5059, 0.7725

RGB percentages68.6%, 50.6%, 77.3%

HSLhsl(280.6, 37%, 63.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(280.6, 34.5%, 77.3%)

CMYK11.2%, 34.5%, 0%, 22.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,502,021

CSS custom property--colour: #AF81C5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.28846WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness152.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.77:1

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

Contrast with black6.77:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#909090

Inverted#507E3A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#7690C8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 25.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#8194C3no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 25.6 from the original

Tritanopia#AE8A9Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 28.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

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

Contrast with black, large text6.77:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 14.5 Medium purple · ΔE 23.2 Orchid · ΔE 26 Violet · ΔE 29 Cornflower blue · ΔE 29.3 Thistle · ΔE 32.2

Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 14.54, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#97C581

Analogous#8D81C5, #C581B9

Triadic#C5AF81, #81C5AF

Split complementary#B9C581, #81C58D

Tetradic#C58D81, #97C581, #81B9C5

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#F2EAF5

Lighter +20%#DBC7E5

Lighter +10%#C5A4D5

Darker −10%#995EB5

Darker −20%#7F4799

Darker −30%#623776

Darker −40%#452654

More saturated +25%#B76ADC

Less saturated −25%#A798AE

Channel breakdown

R175

G129

B197

Red175 (68.6%)

Green129 (50.6%)

Blue197 (77.3%)

Hue280.59°

Saturation (HSL)36.96%

Lightness63.92%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR AF · G 81 · B C5

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