#af9bd0

Color #af9bd0

A muted light purple.

Closest named color Plum #dda0dd · ΔE 16.08 Nearest Tailwind class violet-300 #c4b4ff · ΔE 9

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Conversions

HEX

#af9bd0

RGB

rgb(175, 155, 208)

HSL

hsl(262.6, 36.1%, 71.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(262.6, 25.5%, 81.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(15.9%, 25.5%, 0%, 18.4%)

LAB

lab(67.36, 17.81, -24.4)

LCH

lch(67.36, 30.21, 306.13)

OKLCH

oklch(72.6%, 0.0785, 301.73)

HWB

hwb(262.6, 60.8%, 18.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#bcd09b

Analogous

#9ba2d0

#af9bd0

#ca9bd0

Triadic

#af9bd0

#d0af9b

#9bd0af

Split-complementary

#af9bd0

#d0ca9b

#a2d09b

Tetradic

#af9bd0

#d09bbc

#bcd09b

#9bd0af

Square

#af9bd0

#d09ba2

#bcd09b

#9bd0ca

Shades

Color #af9bd0 mixed toward black.

#8e72bd

#6e4da5

#533a7c

#372752

#1c1329

Tints

Color #af9bd0 mixed toward white.

#bcacd8

#cabce0

#d7cde8

#e4deef

#f2eef7

Tones

Color #af9bd0 mixed toward gray.

#b09fcc

#b1a4c7

#b2a8c3

#b3adbe

#b4b1ba

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.49:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.42:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.42:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a7a7c5 · ΔE 8.3

Deuteranopia

#a8a9c2 · ΔE 10

Tritanopia

#aebbb9 · ΔE 22.8

Achromatopsia

#a4a4a4 · ΔE 19.6

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #af9bd0;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#af9bd0]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

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Blue Violet #8a2be2

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Frequently asked questions

#af9bd0 (#af9bd0) is rgb(175, 155, 208) in RGB.

No, #af9bd0 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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