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Recognised as Colour

#AFA5B4

  • #AFA5B4
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark grey

#AFA5B4 is a violet with RGB values 175, 165, 180 and HSL 280°, 9%, 68%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark grey.

Colour values

#AFA5B4#AFA5B4
HEX#AFA5B4
RGBrgb(175, 165, 180)
RGB (0–1)0.6863, 0.6471, 0.7059
RGB percentages68.6%, 64.7%, 70.6%
HSLhsl(280, 9.1%, 67.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(280, 8.3%, 70.6%)
CMYK2.8%, 8.3%, 0%, 29.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,511,220
CSS custom property--colour: #AFA5B4;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.3932WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness169.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.86:1
Contrast with white2.37:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.86:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A8A8A8
Inverted#505A4B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A3A8B5no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#A5A9B3no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.9 from the original
Tritanopia#AFA7AAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.37:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.86:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark grey · ΔE 9.1Silver · ΔE 12.6Thistle · ΔE 13.3Light steelblue · ΔE 15Light slate grey · ΔE 16.4Rosy brown · ΔE 17.6
Nearest named CSS colourDark grey (#A9A9A9)ΔE 9.08, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#AAB4A5
Analogous#A8A5B4, #B4A5B2
Triadic#B4AFA5, #A5B4AF
Split complementary#B2B4A5, #A5B4A8
Tetradic#B4A8A5, #AAB4A5, #A5B2B4

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F9F8FA
Lighter +20%#E0DDE2
Lighter +10%#C8C1CB
Darker −10%#96899D
Darker −20%#7D6E85
Darker −30%#635769
Darker −40%#49404D
More saturated +25%#B690C9
Less saturated −25%#ADADAD

Channel breakdown

R175
G165
B180
Red175 (68.6%)
Green165 (64.7%)
Blue180 (70.6%)
Hue280°
Saturation (HSL)9.09%
Lightness67.65%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AF · G A5 · B B4

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