#af97ff

Color #af97ff

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Medium Purple #9370db · ΔE 14.6 Nearest Tailwind class violet-400 #a684ff · ΔE 5.1

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Conversions

HEX

#af97ff

RGB

rgb(175, 151, 255)

HSL

hsl(253.8, 100%, 79.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(253.8, 40.8%, 100%)

CMYK

cmyk(31.4%, 40.8%, 0%, 0%)

LAB

lab(68.36, 31.17, -48.66)

LCH

lch(68.36, 57.79, 302.64)

OKLCH

oklch(74%, 0.1482, 293.04)

HWB

hwb(253.8, 59.2%, 0%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e7ff97

Analogous

#97b3ff

#af97ff

#e397ff

Triadic

#af97ff

#ffaf97

#97ffaf

Split-complementary

#af97ff

#ffe397

#b3ff97

Tetradic

#af97ff

#ff97e7

#e7ff97

#97ffaf

Square

#af97ff

#ff97b3

#e7ff97

#97ffe3

Shades

Color #af97ff mixed toward black.

#7b53ff

#4710ff

#2f00cb

#1f0087

#100044

Tints

Color #af97ff mixed toward white.

#bca8ff

#cabaff

#d7cbff

#e4dcff

#f2eeff

Tones

Color #af97ff mixed toward gray.

#b4a0f6

#b8a8ee

#bdb1e5

#c2badc

#c6c2d4

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.42:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.69:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.69:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a5a5eb · ΔE 6.4

Deuteranopia

#a7a8e6 · ΔE 7.7

Tritanopia

#aedad6 · ΔE 30.2

Achromatopsia

#a7a7a7 · ΔE 25.4

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #af97ff;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#af97ff]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Medium Purple #9370db

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Frequently asked questions

#af97ff (#af97ff) is rgb(175, 151, 255) in RGB.

No, #af97ff 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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