#af8ceb

Color #af8ceb

A vivid, highly saturated light purple.

Closest named color Medium Purple #9370db · ΔE 12.8 Nearest Tailwind class violet-400 #a684ff · ΔE 4.8

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Conversions

HEX

#af8ceb

RGB

rgb(175, 140, 235)

HSL

hsl(262.1, 70.4%, 73.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(262.1, 40.4%, 92.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(25.5%, 40.4%, 0%, 7.8%)

LAB

lab(64.86, 32.46, -43.22)

LCH

lch(64.86, 54.05, 306.91)

OKLCH

oklch(71%, 0.139, 299.85)

HWB

hwb(262.1, 54.9%, 7.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c8eb8c

Analogous

#8c98eb

#af8ceb

#de8ceb

Triadic

#af8ceb

#ebaf8c

#8cebaf

Split-complementary

#af8ceb

#ebde8c

#98eb8c

Tetradic

#af8ceb

#eb8cc8

#c8eb8c

#8cebaf

Square

#af8ceb

#eb8c98

#c8eb8c

#8cebde

Shades

Color #af8ceb mixed toward black.

#8a57e2

#6625d5

#4c1ca0

#33126a

#190935

Tints

Color #af8ceb mixed toward white.

#bc9fee

#cab2f2

#d7c5f5

#e4d9f8

#f2ecfc

Tones

Color #af8ceb mixed toward gray.

#b194e3

#b39cdb

#b5a4d3

#b7accb

#b9b3c3

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.7:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.77:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.77:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a1a1d9 · ΔE 9.1

Deuteranopia

#a3a5d4 · ΔE 10.8

Tritanopia

#adc9c5 · ΔE 28.3

Achromatopsia

#9d9d9d · ΔE 24.8

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #af8ceb;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#af8ceb]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Frequently asked questions

#af8ceb (#af8ceb) is rgb(175, 140, 235) in RGB.

No, #af8ceb is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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