#af50e8

Color #af50e8

A vivid, highly saturated light purple.

Closest named color Dark Orchid #9932cc · ΔE 9.49 Nearest Tailwind class purple-500 #ad46ff · ΔE 3.4

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Conversions

HEX

#af50e8

RGB

rgb(175, 80, 232)

HSL

hsl(277.5, 76.8%, 61.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(277.5, 65.5%, 91%)

CMYK

cmyk(24.6%, 65.5%, 0%, 9%)

LAB

lab(52.6, 63.09, -61.04)

LCH

lch(52.6, 87.79, 315.95)

OKLCH

oklch(61.9%, 0.2255, 310.12)

HWB

hwb(277.5, 31.4%, 9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#89e850

Analogous

#6350e8

#af50e8

#e850d5

Triadic

#af50e8

#e8af50

#50e8af

Split-complementary

#af50e8

#d5e850

#50e863

Tetradic

#af50e8

#e85089

#89e850

#50e8af

Square

#af50e8

#e86350

#89e850

#50d5e8

Shades

Color #af50e8 mixed toward black.

#9a22e2

#7c18b8

#5d128a

#3e0c5c

#1f062e

Tints

Color #af50e8 mixed toward white.

#bc6dec

#ca8af0

#d7a8f4

#e4c5f7

#f2e2fb

Tones

Color #af50e8 mixed toward gray.

#ac5ddb

#a969cf

#a676c2

#a283b5

#9f8fa9

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.09:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.14:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.14:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#908fd0 · ΔE 18.8

Deuteranopia

#949aca · ΔE 22.3

Tritanopia

#acbab5 · ΔE 35.1

Achromatopsia

#7d7d7d · ΔE 29.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #af50e8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#af50e8]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Violet #9400d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#af50e8 (#af50e8) is rgb(175, 80, 232) in RGB.

No, #af50e8 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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