#af27dc

Color #af27dc

A vivid, highly saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Dark Violet #9400d3 · ΔE 9.61 Nearest Tailwind class fuchsia-600 #c800de · ΔE 4

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Conversions

HEX

#af27dc

RGB

rgb(175, 39, 220)

HSL

hsl(285.1, 72.1%, 50.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(285.1, 82.3%, 86.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(20.5%, 82.3%, 0%, 13.7%)

LAB

lab(46.62, 75.43, -63.89)

LCH

lch(46.62, 98.85, 319.74)

OKLCH

oklch(57.4%, 0.2573, 315.44)

HWB

hwb(285.1, 15.3%, 13.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#54dc27

Analogous

#5527dc

#af27dc

#dc27ae

Triadic

#af27dc

#dcaf27

#27dcaf

Split-complementary

#af27dc

#aedc27

#27dc55

Tetradic

#af27dc

#dc2754

#54dc27

#27dcaf

Square

#af27dc

#dc5527

#54dc27

#27aedc

Shades

Color #af27dc mixed toward black.

#931eba

#761895

#58126f

#3b0c4a

#1d0625

Tints

Color #af27dc mixed toward white.

#bc4be2

#ca6fe8

#d793ed

#e4b7f3

#f2dbf9

Tones

Color #af27dc mixed toward gray.

#a736cd

#a045be

#9854af

#9163a0

#897291

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.06:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.15:1

White text reads better on this background (5.06:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8989c3 · ΔE 23.9

Deuteranopia

#8f96bd · ΔE 27.9

Tritanopia

#abaca7 · ΔE 41.7

Achromatopsia

#6e6e6e · ΔE 30.7

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #af27dc;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#af27dc]

Related colors

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Frequently asked questions

#af27dc (#af27dc) is rgb(175, 39, 220) in RGB.

No, #af27dc is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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