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Recognised as Colour

#AF8CEB

  • #AF8CEB
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium purple

#AF8CEB is a violet with RGB values 175, 140, 235 and HSL 262°, 70%, 74%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium purple.

Colour values

#AF8CEB#AF8CEB
HEX#AF8CEB
RGBrgb(175, 140, 235)
RGB (0–1)0.6863, 0.549, 0.9216
RGB percentages68.6%, 54.9%, 92.2%
HSLhsl(262.1, 70.4%, 73.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(262.1, 40.4%, 92.2%)
CMYK25.5%, 40.4%, 0%, 7.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,504,875
CSS custom property--colour: #AF8CEB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.33868WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness164.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.77:1
Contrast with white2.7:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.77:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9A9A9A
Inverted#507314

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#739DEFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 24.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#7A9DE9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 24.3 from the original
Tritanopia#A49CB0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 42.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.7:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.77:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 12.8Plum · ΔE 22.9Cornflower blue · ΔE 24.1Orchid · ΔE 24.5Slate blue · ΔE 24.6Violet · ΔE 25.2
Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 12.79, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C8EB8C
Analogous#8C98EB, #DF8CEB
Triadic#EBAF8C, #8CEBAF
Split complementary#EBDF8C, #99EB8C
Tetradic#EB8C98, #C8EB8C, #8CEBDF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#EBE3FA
Lighter +10%#CDB7F3
Darker −10%#9161E3
Darker −20%#7335DC
Darker −30%#5A21BD
Darker −40%#461992
More saturated +25%#AB7BFC
Less saturated −25%#B39DDA

Channel breakdown

R175
G140
B235
Red175 (68.6%)
Green140 (54.9%)
Blue235 (92.2%)
Hue262.11°
Saturation (HSL)70.37%
Lightness73.53%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AF · G 8C · B EB

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