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Recognised as Colour

#AF96CF

  • #AF96CF
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Plum

#AF96CF is a violet with RGB values 175, 150, 207 and HSL 266°, 37%, 70%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

#AF96CF#AF96CF
HEX#AF96CF
RGBrgb(175, 150, 207)
RGB (0–1)0.6863, 0.5882, 0.8118
RGB percentages68.6%, 58.8%, 81.2%
HSLhsl(266.3, 37.3%, 70%)
HSV / HSBhsv(266.3, 27.5%, 81.2%)
CMYK15.5%, 27.5%, 0%, 18.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,507,407
CSS custom property--colour: #AF96CF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.35432WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness165.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.09:1
Contrast with white2.6:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.09:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9F9F9F
Inverted#506930

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8BA0D1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 16.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#90A1CDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 16.3 from the original
Tritanopia#AA9EAAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 25.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.6:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.09:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 14.7Thistle · ΔE 22.8Cornflower blue · ΔE 26.3Light steelblue · ΔE 27.1Steel blue · ΔE 28.7Light slate grey · ΔE 28.9
Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 14.65, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B6CF96
Analogous#969ACF, #CB96CF
Triadic#CFAF96, #96CFAF
Split complementary#CFCB96, #99CF96
Tetradic#CF969A, #B6CF96, #96CFCB

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E4DCEF
Lighter +10%#CAB9DF
Darker −10%#9473BF
Darker −20%#7A50AF
Darker −30%#61408C
Darker −40%#493069
More saturated +25%#AD83E2
Less saturated −25%#B1A9BC

Channel breakdown

R175
G150
B207
Red175 (68.6%)
Green150 (58.8%)
Blue207 (81.2%)
Hue266.32°
Saturation (HSL)37.25%
Lightness70%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AF · G 96 · B CF

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