Recognised as Colour

#AF96CB

#AF96CB
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Plum

#AF96CB is a violet with RGB values 175, 150, 203 and HSL 268°, 34%, 69%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

#AF96CB#AF96CB

HEX#AF96CB

RGBrgb(175, 150, 203)

RGB (0–1)0.6863, 0.5882, 0.7961

RGB percentages68.6%, 58.8%, 79.6%

HSLhsl(268.3, 33.8%, 69.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(268.3, 26.1%, 79.6%)

CMYK13.8%, 26.1%, 0%, 20.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,507,403

CSS custom property--colour: #AF96CB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.35238WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness164.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.05:1

Contrast with white2.61:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black8.05:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#9F9F9F

Inverted#506934

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#8C9FCDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 15.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#91A0C9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 15.5 from the original

Tritanopia#AB9DA9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 22.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.61:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text8.05:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 15.1 Thistle · ΔE 21.3 Light steelblue · ΔE 25.8 Light slate grey · ΔE 27.1 Cornflower blue · ΔE 27.7 Steel blue · ΔE 28.4

Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 15.09, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#B2CB96

Analogous#9698CB, #CA96CB

Triadic#CBAF96, #96CBAF

Split complementary#CBC996, #98CB96

Tetradic#CB9698, #B2CB96, #96CBC9

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FDFCFE

Lighter +20%#E3DAED

Lighter +10%#C9B8DC

Darker −10%#9574BA

Darker −20%#7B53A8

Darker −30%#624286

Darker −40%#493164

More saturated +25%#AE82DF

Less saturated −25%#B0AAB7

Channel breakdown

R175

G150

B203

Red175 (68.6%)

Green150 (58.8%)

Blue203 (79.6%)

Hue268.3°

Saturation (HSL)33.76%

Lightness69.22%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR AF · G 96 · B CB

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Colour values

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