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Recognised as Colour

#AF90FC

  • #AF90FC
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium purple

#AF90FC is a violet with RGB values 175, 144, 252 and HSL 257°, 95%, 78%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium purple.

Colour values

#AF90FC#AF90FC
HEX#AF90FC
RGBrgb(175, 144, 252)
RGB (0–1)0.6863, 0.5647, 0.9882
RGB percentages68.6%, 56.5%, 98.8%
HSLhsl(257.2, 94.7%, 77.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(257.2, 42.9%, 98.8%)
CMYK30.6%, 42.9%, 0%, 1.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,505,916
CSS custom property--colour: #AF90FC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.36089WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness169 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.22:1
Contrast with white2.56:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.22:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9E9E9E
Inverted#506F03

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#6FA3FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 25.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#74A0F9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 24.4 from the original
Tritanopia#9EA4BAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 49.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.56:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.22:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 11.9Medium slateblue · ΔE 22.3Slate blue · ΔE 22.8Cornflower blue · ΔE 25.5Royal blue · ΔE 25.6Violet · ΔE 25.8
Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 11.87, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DDFC90
Analogous#90A7FC, #E590FC
Triadic#FCAF90, #90FCAF
Split complementary#FCE590, #A7FC90
Tetradic#FC90A7, #DDFC90, #90FCE5

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F7F3FF
Lighter +10%#D3C2FD
Darker −10%#8B5EFB
Darker −20%#672DF9
Darker −30%#4806ED
Darker −40%#3905BB
More saturated +25%#AE8DFF
Less saturated −25%#B59EEE

Channel breakdown

R175
G144
B252
Red175 (68.6%)
Green144 (56.5%)
Blue252 (98.8%)
Hue257.22°
Saturation (HSL)94.74%
Lightness77.65%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AF · G 90 · B FC

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