HEX Color #AF6DB6 (Plum)

About #AF6DB6

When working with digital screens, the color #AF6DB6 is rendered by mixing light. Designers often compare it to the standard color Plum. This translates to an RGB value of rgb(175, 109, 182).

While screens use RGB, printing presses rely on Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, and Key (black). To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 4% cyan and 40% magenta inks. The HSL representation is 294.2° hue, 33.3% saturation, and 57.1% 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. Strict adherence to these ratios protects visually impaired users from unreadable interfaces.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#AF6DB6

RGB175, 109, 182

HSL294.2°, 33.3%, 57.1%

CMYK4%, 40%, 0%, 29%

HSV294.2°, 40.1%, 71.4%

LAB55.5, 38.1, -28.0

XYZ31.6, 23.4, 47.1

Decimal11496886

Color Harmonies

Complementary

#AF6DB6 #73B66C

Analogous

#8A6CB6 #B66C98

Triadic

#B6AF6C #6CB6AF

Tetradic

#B68A6C #73B66C #6C98B6

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

#AF6DB6

#B77DBE

#C08DC6

#C99DCE

#D2ADD6

#DBBEDE

#E4CEE6

#EDDEEE

#F6EEF6

#FFFFFF

Shades (Adding Black)

#AF6DB6

#9B60A1

#88548D

#744879

#613C65

#4D3050

#3A243C

#261828

#130C14

#000000

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

3.69:1

Text on #FFFFFF

AA Large

5.69:1

Text on #000000

AA

3.53:1

Text on #F8FAFC

AA Large

4.83:1

Text on #0F172A

AA

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #AF6DB6; }

.text-color { color: #AF6DB6; }

.border-color { border: 2px solid #AF6DB6; }

Similar Colors

Plum

#DDA0DD