#AF759D

sRGB: 175 / 117 / 157

Radiant blossoms reshape eternity
Hidden pathways wander across quiet meadows
Rising tides shatter the chains of fate

#AF759D belongs to the rose family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 175 red, 117 green and 157 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 318.6° lands in the rose region. Its 26.6% saturation makes it close to gray at this lightness. HSL lightness is 57.3% on a scale from black (0%) to white (100%). Of black and white lettering, black has the clearer light-to-dark separation on this background (5.85:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 175, 117, 157
HSL: 318.62°, 26.61%, 57.25%
HSV / HSB: 318.62°, 33.14%, 68.63%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 33.14%, 10.29%, 31.37%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 30.125, 24.272, 34.998
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 56.359, 29.015, -12.234
WCAG relative luminance: 0.24271
24-bit decimal: 11498909

CMYK uses a profile-free approximation. Printed output depends on the press, ink and paper. Lab uses a D65 white point.

Text contrast

Contrast tells you how clearly lettering separates from #AF759D in light and dark. The ratio compares relative luminance, a measure of light weighted for human vision. Identical colors give 1:1 and black against white gives 21:1. A ratio of 2.99:1 falls just below the 3:1 AA minimum for large text. Body text needs at least 4.5:1 because its finer strokes are harder to distinguish.

Black text: 5.85:1

Normal text: AA
Large text: AAA

White text: 3.59:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: AA

AA and AAA are WCAG accessibility levels. AAA sets a higher bar: 7:1 for normal text and 4.5:1 for large text. Large text begins at 18 pt regular or 14 pt bold. Ratings use the unrounded ratio.

Reference: WCAG text contrast guidance

Palettes & scales

Harmonies rotate the hue. Scales mix the starting color with white, black or middle gray in 20% steps in encoded sRGB.

Complementary

#75AF87 sits half a turn (180°) from #AF759D on the HSL wheel. Keeping saturation and lightness steady while crossing to the opposite hue gives you a contrasting accent. Check text contrast separately before using the pair for lettering.

#AF759D #75AF87

Analogous

#A475AF and #AF7580 sit 30° to either side of #AF759D. The three hues are neighbors on the wheel, so you can change the color of a border or highlight while keeping it close to the original.

#A475AF #AF759D #AF7580

Triadic

#AF759D, #9DAF75 and #759DAF are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#AF759D #9DAF75 #759DAF

Split complementary

Start at #AF759D and look across the wheel. #80AF75 and #75AFA4 sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#AF759D #80AF75 #75AFA4

Square

Starting with #AF759D, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #AFA475, #75AF87, then #7580AF. Across the square, #AF759D pairs with #75AF87, and #AFA475 with #7580AF.

#AF759D #AFA475 #75AF87 #7580AF

Tetradic

#AF759D and #75AF87 are opposites, as are #AF8775 and #759DAF. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#AF759D #AF8775 #75AF87 #759DAF

Tints

Mixing #AF759D with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #BF91B1, keeps 80% of the original. By #EFE3EB, the mixture is 80% white.

#AF759D #BF91B1 #CFACC4 #DFC8D8 #EFE3EB #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #AF759D with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #8C5E7E, keeps 80% of the original. By #23171F, the mixture is 80% black.

#AF759D #8C5E7E #69465E #462F3F #23171F #000000

Tones

Mixing #AF759D with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #A67797, keeps 80% of the original. By #897E86, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#AF759D #A67797 #9C7991 #937C8C #897E86 #808080

Copy color codes

Hex, RGB and HSL are three ways to write this screen color. Paste any of them into a CSS color property.

Hex

#AF759D

RGB

rgb(175 117 157)

HSL

hsl(318.621 26.606% 57.255%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #AF759D;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#AF759D uses 175 red, 117 green and 157 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 68.6%

Green 45.9%

Blue 61.6%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #AF759D is 0.0% cyan, 33.1% magenta, 10.3% yellow and 31.4% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 33.1%

Yellow 10.3%

Black 31.4%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #AA7799. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #A79 in CSS. For a modern design, keep #AF759D when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #996699, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #AA7799 Nearest web-safe: #996699

Gradient to complement

#AF759D #A57F99 #9C8896 #929292 #889C8E #7FA58B #75AF87

Color vision previews

Compare how #AF759D appears in each simulation. When two chart lines or status indicators become hard to tell apart, a label, shape or line pattern gives readers another way to distinguish them. Individual perception varies.

Protanopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from long-wavelength cones, some reds and greens can look alike, and reds can appear darker.

#77829F

Deuteranopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from medium-wavelength cones, some greens can be difficult to distinguish from reds or browns.

#858A9B

Tritanopia

A blue–yellow color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from short-wavelength cones, blue can resemble green, and yellow can resemble pink.

#B57683

Protanomaly (50%)

An altered long-wavelength cone response can make reds appear dimmer and harder to distinguish from greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#8E7F9D

Deuteranomaly (50%)

An altered medium-wavelength cone response can reduce the visible difference between reds and greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#93849C

Tritanomaly (50%)

An altered short-wavelength cone response can make blue harder to distinguish from green. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#AE7794

Grayscale (luminance)

This design check removes hue and preserves relative luminance so you can compare light and dark areas.

#878787

Partial grayscale (50% blend)

This design check mixes the original color halfway toward its grayscale equivalent in linear light. Use it to see how a design holds up as color fades.

#9D7E93

Reference: National Eye Institute: Types of Color Vision Deficiency

Technical reference

CAM16 and CIECAM02 below assume D65 white, an average surround, background Y of 20 against white at 100, and adapting luminance of 4.07 cd/m².

Linear sRGB

These channels scale with emitted light. Use them for lighting calculations and physically meaningful blends.

R 0.42869 G 0.17789 B 0.33716

Display P3

P3 displays can reproduce a wider range of reds and greens. These coordinates reproduce this same sRGB swatch on a color-managed P3 display.

R 0.65316 G 0.46871 B 0.60735

Linear Display P3

These P3 channels are proportional to light, before display encoding.

R 0.38416 G 0.18621 B 0.32720

CIE xyY

The x and y coordinates locate chromaticity on a diagram. Y gives relative luminance on a scale where white is 100.

x 0.337 y 0.272 Y 24.272

CMY

Ideal cyan, magenta and yellow are the complements of the encoded red, green and blue channels.

C % 31.373 M % 54.118 Y % 38.431

Binary RGB

Each eight-bit group represents one channel. Together they store the 24-bit hex color.

10101111 01110101 10011101