#af8ec5

Color #af8ec5

A muted light purple.

Closest named color Plum #dda0dd · ΔE 13.84 Nearest Tailwind class purple-300 #dab2ff · ΔE 12

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Conversions

HEX

#af8ec5

RGB

rgb(175, 142, 197)

HSL

hsl(276, 32.2%, 66.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(276, 27.9%, 77.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(11.2%, 27.9%, 0%, 22.7%)

LAB

lab(63.75, 22.75, -23.8)

LCH

lch(63.75, 32.92, 313.71)

OKLCH

oklch(69.6%, 0.0867, 311.4)

HWB

hwb(276, 55.7%, 22.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a4c58e

Analogous

#948ec5

#af8ec5

#c58ec0

Triadic

#af8ec5

#c5af8e

#8ec5af

Split-complementary

#af8ec5

#c0c58e

#8ec594

Tetradic

#af8ec5

#c58ea4

#a4c58e

#8ec5af

Square

#af8ec5

#c5948e

#a4c58e

#8ec0c5

Shades

Color #af8ec5 mixed toward black.

#9569b2

#784d95

#5a3970

#3c264b

#1e1325

Tints

Color #af8ec5 mixed toward white.

#bca1cf

#cab4d8

#d7c7e2

#e4d9ec

#f2ecf5

Tones

Color #af8ec5 mixed toward gray.

#ae93c0

#ad97bc

#ac9cb7

#aba0b3

#aaa5ae

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.8:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.5:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.5:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a2a1ba · ΔE 11.9

Deuteranopia

#a4a6b7 · ΔE 15.1

Tritanopia

#aeb0ae · ΔE 22.8

Achromatopsia

#9a9a9a · ΔE 20.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #af8ec5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#af8ec5]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#af8ec5 (#af8ec5) is rgb(175, 142, 197) in RGB.

No, #af8ec5 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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