#af00af

Color #af00af

A vivid, highly saturated dark magenta.

Closest named color Dark Magenta #8b008b · ΔE 16.24 Nearest Tailwind class fuchsia-700 #a800b7 · ΔE 2.1

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Conversions

HEX

#af00af

RGB

rgb(175, 0, 175)

HSL

hsl(300, 100%, 34.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(300, 100%, 68.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 100%, 0%, 31.4%)

LAB

lab(41.55, 74.07, -45.86)

LCH

lch(41.55, 87.12, 328.24)

OKLCH

oklch(52.9%, 0.2431, 328.37)

HWB

hwb(300, 0%, 31.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#00af00

Analogous

#5700af

#af00af

#af0057

Triadic

#af00af

#afaf00

#00afaf

Split-complementary

#af00af

#57af00

#00af57

Tetradic

#af00af

#af0000

#00af00

#00afaf

Square

#af00af

#af5700

#00af00

#0057af

Shades

Color #af00af mixed toward black.

#920092

#750075

#570057

#3a003a

#1d001d

Tints

Color #af00af mixed toward white.

#e700e7

#ff20ff

#ff57ff

#ff8fff

#ffc7ff

Tones

Color #af00af mixed toward gray.

#a00fa0

#921d92

#832c83

#753a75

#664966

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.1:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.44:1

White text reads better on this background (6.1:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#87869a · ΔE 29.2

Deuteranopia

#8d9595 · ΔE 26.9

Tritanopia

#ab8782 · ΔE 34

Achromatopsia

#626262 · ΔE 29.5

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #af00af;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#af00af]

Related colors

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Plum #dda0dd

Purple #800080

Thistle #d8bfd8

Violet #ee82ee

Frequently asked questions

#af00af (#af00af) is rgb(175, 0, 175) in RGB.

No, #af00af is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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