HEX Color #AF3AF0 (Blueviolet)

About #AF3AF0

Visually, #AF3AF0 is defined as a vivid purple. Designers often compare it to the standard color Blueviolet. In the RGB color space, it consists of 175 red, 58 green, and 240 blue.

While screens use RGB, printing presses rely on Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, and Key (black). Its ink density profile breaks down to 27% cyan, 76% magenta, 0% yellow, and 6% black. The HSL representation is 278.6° hue, 85.8% saturation, and 58.4% lightness.

Ensuring your text is legible against this background is a key part of web design. The calculated luminance score dictates that #000000 typography is the safest choice. Be sure to check our contrast matrix below to see exactly how it performs against common backgrounds.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#AF3AF0

RGB175, 58, 240

HSL278.6°, 85.8%, 58.4%

CMYK27%, 76%, 0%, 6%

HSV278.6°, 75.8%, 94.1%

LAB50.0, 73.6, -69.7

XYZ34.9, 18.4, 84.2

Decimal11483888

Color Harmonies

Complementary

#AF3AF0 #7BF03A

Analogous

#533AF0 #F03AD6

Triadic

#F0AE3A #3AF0AE

Tetradic

#F0533A #7BF03A #3AD6F0

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

#AF3AF0

#B74FF1

#C065F3

#C97BF5

#D291F6

#DBA7F8

#E4BDFA

#EDD3FB

#F6E9FD

#FFFFFF

Shades (Adding Black)

#AF3AF0

#9B33D5

#882DBA

#7426A0

#612085

#4D196A

#3A1350

#260C35

#13061A

#000000

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

4.48:1

Text on #FFFFFF

AA Large

4.69:1

Text on #000000

AA

4.28:1

Text on #F8FAFC

AA Large

3.98:1

Text on #0F172A

AA Large

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #AF3AF0; }

.text-color { color: #AF3AF0; }

.border-color { border: 2px solid #AF3AF0; }

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Blueviolet

#8A2BE2