#af00dd

Color #af00dd

A vivid, highly saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Dark Violet #9400d3 · ΔE 7.8 Nearest Tailwind class fuchsia-600 #c800de · ΔE 5

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Conversions

HEX

#af00dd

RGB

rgb(175, 0, 221)

HSL

hsl(287.5, 100%, 43.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(287.5, 100%, 86.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(20.8%, 100%, 0%, 13.3%)

LAB

lab(44.71, 81.48, -67.56)

LCH

lch(44.71, 105.85, 320.34)

OKLCH

oklch(56.1%, 0.275, 315.94)

HWB

hwb(287.5, 0%, 13.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#2edd00

Analogous

#4000dd

#af00dd

#dd009c

Triadic

#af00dd

#ddaf00

#00ddaf

Split-complementary

#af00dd

#9cdd00

#00dd40

Tetradic

#af00dd

#dd002e

#2edd00

#00ddaf

Square

#af00dd

#dd4000

#2edd00

#009cdd

Shades

Color #af00dd mixed toward black.

#9200b8

#750093

#57006e

#3a004a

#1d0025

Tints

Color #af00dd mixed toward white.

#cd0eff

#d73eff

#e16eff

#eb9fff

#f5cfff

Tones

Color #af00dd mixed toward gray.

#a412ca

#9925b8

#8f37a6

#844a93

#795c81

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.43:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.87:1

White text reads better on this background (5.43:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8786c3 · ΔE 25.1

Deuteranopia

#8d95bd · ΔE 29.8

Tritanopia

#abaca6 · ΔE 44.1

Achromatopsia

#6a6a6a · ΔE 31.3

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #af00dd;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#af00dd]

Related colors

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Plum #dda0dd

Frequently asked questions

#af00dd (#af00dd) is rgb(175, 0, 221) in RGB.

No, #af00dd is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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