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#af00ff

a balanced, electric violet · warm · closest name: magenta

RGB
175, 0, 255
HSL
281°, 100%, 50%
CMYK
31, 100, 0, 0
Luminance
0.1633

Every format

HEX#af00ff
RGBrgb(175, 0, 255)
HSLhsl(281, 100%, 50%)
CMYKcmyk(31%, 100%, 0%, 0%)
LABlab(47.4 87.5 -82.4)
LCHlch(47.4 120.2 316.7)
OKLCHoklch(0.588 0.300 308.5)

Copy-ready code

/* CSS */
color: #af00ff;
background-color: #af00ff;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#af00ff] bg-[#af00ff]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #af00ff;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.686, green: 0.000, blue: 1.000)
/* Android */
Color.parseColor("#af00ff")

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#af00ff on white: 4.92:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#af00ff on black: 4.27:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
true color
protanopia
deuteranopia
tritanopia

RGB percentages

Red68.6%
Green0.0%
Blue100.0%

CMYK percentages

Cyan31.4%
Magenta100.0%
Yellow0.0%
Key (black)0.0%

Color previews

#af00ff text on a black background

contrast 4.27:1

Card sample

#af00ff text on a white background

contrast 4.92:1

Card sample

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #af00ff;
Background color
Panel with #af00ff background
background-color: #af00ff;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #af00ff;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(175, 0, 255, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(175, 0, 255, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #af00ff;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #af00ff, #FF00A5);

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #af00ff

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Hue & tone neighbors

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Work with #af00ff in the Color Lab