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Recognised as Colour

#AFA5B6

  • #AFA5B6
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark grey

#AFA5B6 is a violet with RGB values 175, 165, 182 and HSL 275°, 10%, 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

#AFA5B6#AFA5B6
HEX#AFA5B6
RGBrgb(175, 165, 182)
RGB (0–1)0.6863, 0.6471, 0.7137
RGB percentages68.6%, 64.7%, 71.4%
HSLhsl(275.3, 10.4%, 68%)
HSV / HSBhsv(275.3, 9.3%, 71.4%)
CMYK3.8%, 9.3%, 0%, 28.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,511,222
CSS custom property--colour: #AFA5B6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.39402WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness170 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.88:1
Contrast with white2.36:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.88:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A8A8A8
Inverted#505A49

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A3A8B7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#A5A9B5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.9 from the original
Tritanopia#AEA7AAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.36:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.88:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark grey · ΔE 10.1Thistle · ΔE 12.9Silver · ΔE 13.3Light steelblue · ΔE 14.6Light slate grey · ΔE 16.4Rosy brown · ΔE 18.2
Nearest named CSS colourDark grey (#A9A9A9)ΔE 10.09, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#ACB6A5
Analogous#A7A5B6, #B6A5B5
Triadic#B6AFA5, #A5B6AF
Split complementary#B5B6A5, #A5B6A7
Tetradic#B6A7A5, #ACB6A5, #A5B5B6

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FAF9FB
Lighter +20%#E1DDE4
Lighter +10%#C8C1CD
Darker −10%#96899F
Darker −20%#7D6E87
Darker −30%#63576B
Darker −40%#49404F
More saturated +25%#B391CA
Less saturated −25%#AEAEAE

Channel breakdown

R175
G165
B182
Red175 (68.6%)
Green165 (64.7%)
Blue182 (71.4%)
Hue275.29°
Saturation (HSL)10.43%
Lightness68.04%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AF · G A5 · B B6

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