#af55ef

Color #af55ef

A vivid, highly saturated light purple.

Closest named color Dark Orchid #9932cc · ΔE 11.22 Nearest Tailwind class purple-500 #ad46ff · ΔE 3.2

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Conversions

HEX

#af55ef

RGB

rgb(175, 85, 239)

HSL

hsl(275.1, 82.8%, 63.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(275.1, 64.4%, 93.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(26.8%, 64.4%, 0%, 6.3%)

LAB

lab(53.86, 62.32, -62.94)

LCH

lch(53.86, 88.57, 314.72)

OKLCH

oklch(62.9%, 0.226, 308.05)

HWB

hwb(275.1, 33.3%, 6.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#95ef55

Analogous

#6255ef

#af55ef

#ef55e2

Triadic

#af55ef

#efaf55

#55efaf

Split-complementary

#af55ef

#e2ef55

#55ef62

Tetradic

#af55ef

#ef5595

#95ef55

#55efaf

Square

#af55ef

#ef6255

#95ef55

#55e2ef

Shades

Color #af55ef mixed toward black.

#9824ea

#7b13c5

#5c0e94

#3e0963

#1f0531

Tints

Color #af55ef mixed toward white.

#bc71f2

#ca8ef4

#d7aaf7

#e4c6fa

#f2e3fc

Tones

Color #af55ef mixed toward gray.

#ad62e2

#ab6fd5

#a87bc8

#a688bc

#a495af

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.91:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.37:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.37:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9190d7 · ΔE 17.7

Deuteranopia

#959bd0 · ΔE 21.1

Tritanopia

#acc0bb · ΔE 34.8

Achromatopsia

#818181 · ΔE 29.6

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #af55ef;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#af55ef]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Rebecca Purple #663399

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#af55ef (#af55ef) is rgb(175, 85, 239) in RGB.

No, #af55ef is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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