#af8ecf

Color #af8ecf

A moderately saturated light purple.

Closest named color Plum #dda0dd · ΔE 13.78 Nearest Tailwind class violet-400 #a684ff · ΔE 10.4

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Conversions

HEX

#af8ecf

RGB

rgb(175, 142, 207)

HSL

hsl(270.5, 40.4%, 68.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(270.5, 31.4%, 81.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(15.5%, 31.4%, 0%, 18.8%)

LAB

lab(64.13, 24.91, -28.8)

LCH

lch(64.13, 38.08, 310.86)

OKLCH

oklch(70.1%, 0.0994, 307.19)

HWB

hwb(270.5, 55.7%, 18.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#aecf8e

Analogous

#8e8ecf

#af8ecf

#cf8ece

Triadic

#af8ecf

#cfaf8e

#8ecfaf

Split-complementary

#af8ecf

#cecf8e

#8ecf8e

Tetradic

#af8ecf

#cf8eae

#aecf8e

#8ecfaf

Square

#af8ecf

#cf8e8e

#aecf8e

#8ececf

Shades

Color #af8ecf mixed toward black.

#9265be

#7545a3

#58347a

#3b2352

#1d1129

Tints

Color #af8ecf mixed toward white.

#bca1d7

#cab4df

#d7c6e7

#e4d9ef

#f2ecf7

Tones

Color #af8ecf mixed toward gray.

#af93ca

#af99c4

#af9ebf

#afa4b9

#afa9b4

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.77:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.59:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.59:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a2a1c2 · ΔE 10.4

Deuteranopia

#a4a6be · ΔE 13.3

Tritanopia

#aeb7b4 · ΔE 24.4

Achromatopsia

#9b9b9b · ΔE 22

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Code

CSS

background-color: #af8ecf;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#af8ecf]

Related colors

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Medium Purple #9370db

Dark Violet #9400d3

Frequently asked questions

#af8ecf (#af8ecf) is rgb(175, 142, 207) in RGB.

No, #af8ecf 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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