#af36e1

Color #af36e1

A vivid, highly saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Dark Orchid #9932cc · ΔE 9.23 Nearest Tailwind class fuchsia-600 #c800de · ΔE 4.3

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Conversions

HEX

#af36e1

RGB

rgb(175, 54, 225)

HSL

hsl(282.5, 74%, 54.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(282.5, 76%, 88.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(22.2%, 76%, 0%, 11.8%)

LAB

lab(48.5, 71.94, -63.7)

LCH

lch(48.5, 96.09, 318.48)

OKLCH

oklch(58.8%, 0.2486, 313.57)

HWB

hwb(282.5, 21.2%, 11.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#68e136

Analogous

#5a36e1

#af36e1

#e136bd

Triadic

#af36e1

#e1af36

#36e1af

Split-complementary

#af36e1

#bde136

#36e15a

Tetradic

#af36e1

#e13668

#68e136

#36e1af

Square

#af36e1

#e15a36

#68e136

#36bde1

Shades

Color #af36e1 mixed toward black.

#981eca

#7a18a2

#5b1279

#3d0c51

#1e0628

Tints

Color #af36e1 mixed toward white.

#bc58e6

#ca79eb

#d79bf0

#e4bcf5

#f2defa

Tones

Color #af36e1 mixed toward gray.

#a944d3

#a352c4

#9d61b6

#976fa8

#917d9a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.73:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.44:1

White text reads better on this background (4.73:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8b8ac8 · ΔE 22

Deuteranopia

#9197c2 · ΔE 26

Tritanopia

#abb2ac · ΔE 38.6

Achromatopsia

#737373 · ΔE 30.4

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #af36e1;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#af36e1]

Related colors

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#af36e1 (#af36e1) is rgb(175, 54, 225) in RGB.

No, #af36e1 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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