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Recognised as Colour

#AF87BE

  • #AF87BE
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Plum

#AF87BE is a violet with RGB values 175, 135, 190 and HSL 284°, 30%, 64%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

#AF87BE#AF87BE
HEX#AF87BE
RGBrgb(175, 135, 190)
RGB (0–1)0.6863, 0.5294, 0.7451
RGB percentages68.6%, 52.9%, 74.5%
HSLhsl(283.6, 29.7%, 63.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(283.6, 28.9%, 74.5%)
CMYK7.9%, 28.9%, 0%, 25.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,503,550
CSS custom property--colour: #AF87BE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.3016WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness154.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.03:1
Contrast with white2.99:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.03:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#939393
Inverted#507841

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8093C0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 21.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#8997BCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 21.9 from the original
Tritanopia#AF8D9Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 22.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.99:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.03:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 13.7Thistle · ΔE 25.8Medium purple · ΔE 30.4Light slate grey · ΔE 30.5Rosy brown · ΔE 30.6Cornflower blue · ΔE 30.9
Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 13.72, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#96BE87
Analogous#9387BE, #BE87B1
Triadic#BEAF87, #87BEAF
Split complementary#B2BE87, #87BE93
Tetradic#BE9387, #96BE87, #87B2BE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F1EAF4
Lighter +20%#DBC9E2
Lighter +10%#C5A8D0
Darker −10%#9966AC
Darker −20%#7F4E91
Darker −30%#623C70
Darker −40%#452B4E
More saturated +25%#BA70D5
Less saturated −25%#A49EA7

Channel breakdown

R175
G135
B190
Red175 (68.6%)
Green135 (52.9%)
Blue190 (74.5%)
Hue283.64°
Saturation (HSL)29.73%
Lightness63.73%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AF · G 87 · B BE

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