#af9bfd

Color #af9bfd

A vivid, highly saturated very light blue.

Closest named color Medium Purple #9370db · ΔE 16.98 Nearest Tailwind class violet-400 #a684ff · ΔE 6.3

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Conversions

HEX

#af9bfd

RGB

rgb(175, 155, 253)

HSL

hsl(252.2, 96.1%, 80%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(252.2, 38.7%, 99.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(30.8%, 38.7%, 0%, 0.8%)

LAB

lab(69.22, 28.42, -46.23)

LCH

lch(69.22, 54.27, 301.58)

OKLCH

oklch(74.6%, 0.1395, 292.06)

HWB

hwb(252.2, 60.8%, 0.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e9fd9b

Analogous

#9bb8fd

#af9bfd

#e09bfd

Triadic

#af9bfd

#fdaf9b

#9bfdaf

Split-complementary

#af9bfd

#fde09b

#b8fd9b

Tetradic

#af9bfd

#fd9be9

#e9fd9b

#9bfdaf

Square

#af9bfd

#fd9bb8

#e9fd9b

#9bfde0

Shades

Color #af9bfd mixed toward black.

#7a58fc

#4416fa

#2c04c8

#1d0385

#0f0143

Tints

Color #af9bfd mixed toward white.

#bcacfd

#cabcfe

#d7cdfe

#e4defe

#f2eeff

Tones

Color #af9bfd mixed toward gray.

#b4a3f5

#b9abed

#bdb3e5

#c2bcdc

#c7c4d4

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.35:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.93:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.93:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a7a7ea · ΔE 5.8

Deuteranopia

#a8a9e5 · ΔE 6.9

Tritanopia

#aedad6 · ΔE 29.6

Achromatopsia

#a9a9a9 · ΔE 24.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #af9bfd;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#af9bfd]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Medium Purple #9370db

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Frequently asked questions

#af9bfd (#af9bfd) is rgb(175, 155, 253) in RGB.

No, #af9bfd 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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