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Recognised as Colour

#AFABB9

  • #AFABB9
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark grey

#AFABB9 is a violet with RGB values 175, 171, 185 and HSL 257°, 9%, 70%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark grey.

Colour values

#AFABB9#AFABB9
HEX#AFABB9
RGBrgb(175, 171, 185)
RGB (0–1)0.6863, 0.6706, 0.7255
RGB percentages68.6%, 67.1%, 72.5%
HSLhsl(257.1, 9.1%, 69.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(257.1, 7.6%, 72.5%)
CMYK5.4%, 7.6%, 0%, 27.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,512,761
CSS custom property--colour: #AFABB9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.41743WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness173.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.35:1
Contrast with white2.25:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.35:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#ADADAD
Inverted#505446

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A9ADBAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3 from the original
Deuteranopia#A9ADB9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.1 from the original
Tritanopia#ADADAFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.25:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.35:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark grey · ΔE 7.9Silver · ΔE 10.5Light steelblue · ΔE 12.8Thistle · ΔE 13.3Light grey · ΔE 15.9Light slate grey · ΔE 16.7
Nearest named CSS colourDark grey (#A9A9A9)ΔE 7.95, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B5B9AB
Analogous#ABAEB9, #B6ABB9
Triadic#B9AFAB, #ABB9AF
Split complementary#B9B6AB, #AEB9AB
Tetradic#B9ABAE, #B5B9AB, #ABB9B6

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FEFEFF
Lighter +20%#E4E3E7
Lighter +10%#C9C7D0
Darker −10%#958FA2
Darker −20%#7A738B
Darker −30%#625C6F
Darker −40%#494553
More saturated +25%#A798CC
Less saturated −25%#B2B2B2

Channel breakdown

R175
G171
B185
Red175 (68.6%)
Green171 (67.1%)
Blue185 (72.5%)
Hue257.14°
Saturation (HSL)9.09%
Lightness69.8%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AF · G AB · B B9

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