#af9ed9

Color #af9ed9

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Plum #dda0dd · ΔE 16.25 Nearest Tailwind class violet-300 #c4b4ff · ΔE 7.3

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Conversions

HEX

#af9ed9

RGB

rgb(175, 158, 217)

HSL

hsl(257.3, 43.7%, 73.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(257.3, 27.2%, 85.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(19.4%, 27.2%, 0%, 14.9%)

LAB

lab(68.44, 18.14, -27.71)

LCH

lch(68.44, 33.12, 303.21)

OKLCH

oklch(73.5%, 0.0859, 297.46)

HWB

hwb(257.3, 62%, 14.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c8d99e

Analogous

#9eaad9

#af9ed9

#cc9ed9

Triadic

#af9ed9

#d9af9e

#9ed9af

Split-complementary

#af9ed9

#d9cc9e

#aad99e

Tetradic

#af9ed9

#d99ec8

#c8d99e

#9ed9af

Square

#af9ed9

#d99eaa

#c8d99e

#9ed9cc

Shades

Color #af9ed9 mixed toward black.

#8a71c7

#6646b4

#4c3587

#33235a

#19122d

Tints

Color #af9ed9 mixed toward white.

#bcaedf

#cabee6

#d7ceec

#e4dff2

#f2eff9

Tones

Color #af9ed9 mixed toward gray.

#b1a3d4

#b3a8cf

#b5adca

#b7b2c5

#b9b7c0

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.41:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.72:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.72:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a8a8cd · ΔE 6.5

Deuteranopia

#a9aaca · ΔE 8

Tritanopia

#aec2c0 · ΔE 24

Achromatopsia

#a7a7a7 · ΔE 20.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #af9ed9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#af9ed9]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Frequently asked questions

#af9ed9 (#af9ed9) is rgb(175, 158, 217) in RGB.

No, #af9ed9 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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