#af87bd

Color #af87bd

A muted light purple.

Closest named color Plum #dda0dd · ΔE 13.84 Nearest Tailwind class purple-400 #c27aff · ΔE 12.9

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Conversions

HEX

#af87bd

RGB

rgb(175, 135, 189)

HSL

hsl(284.4, 29%, 63.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(284.4, 28.6%, 74.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(7.4%, 28.6%, 0%, 25.9%)

LAB

lab(61.75, 25.02, -22.35)

LCH

lch(61.75, 33.55, 318.23)

OKLCH

oklch(68%, 0.0894, 317.17)

HWB

hwb(284.4, 52.9%, 25.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#95bd87

Analogous

#9487bd

#af87bd

#bd87b0

Triadic

#af87bd

#bdaf87

#87bdaf

Split-complementary

#af87bd

#b0bd87

#87bd94

Tetradic

#af87bd

#bd8795

#95bd87

#87bdaf

Square

#af87bd

#bd9487

#95bd87

#87b0bd

Shades

Color #af87bd mixed toward black.

#9864aa

#7b4d8b

#5c3968

#3d2646

#1f1323

Tints

Color #af87bd mixed toward white.

#bc9bc8

#caafd3

#d7c3de

#e4d7e9

#f2ebf4

Tones

Color #af87bd mixed toward gray.

#ad8bb8

#ab90b4

#a894af

#a699ab

#a49da6

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.99:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.02:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.02:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9f9fb2 · ΔE 14.9

Deuteranopia

#a1a4af · ΔE 18.2

Tritanopia

#ada8a6 · ΔE 22

Achromatopsia

#959595 · ΔE 21.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #af87bd;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#af87bd]

Related colors

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#af87bd (#af87bd) is rgb(175, 135, 189) in RGB.

No, #af87bd is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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