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Recognised as Colour

#AD00DF

  • #AD00DF
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark violet

#AD00DF is a violet with RGB values 173, 0, 223 and HSL 287°, 100%, 44%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark violet.

Colour values

#AD00DF#AD00DF
HEX#AD00DF
RGBrgb(173, 0, 223)
RGB (0–1)0.6784, 0, 0.8745
RGB percentages67.8%, 0%, 87.5%
HSLhsl(286.5, 100%, 43.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(286.5, 100%, 87.5%)
CMYK22.4%, 100%, 0%, 12.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,337,951
CSS custom property--colour: #AD00DF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.14212WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness120.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.47:1
Contrast with white5.47:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.84:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#353535
Inverted#52FF20

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0062E4no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 54.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#006DDBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 65.1 from the original
Tritanopia#A84E83no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 68.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.47:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.84:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark violet · ΔE 7.3Blue violet · ΔE 13.3Dark orchid · ΔE 18.7Fuchsia · ΔE 24.4Magenta · ΔE 24.4Medium orchid · ΔE 32.5
Nearest named CSS colourDark violet (#9400D3)ΔE 7.34, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#32DF00
Analogous#3D00DF, #DF00A2
Triadic#DFAD00, #00DFAD
Split complementary#A2DF00, #00DF3D
Tetradic#DF3E00, #32DF00, #00A2DF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#ECACFF
Lighter +30%#E179FF
Lighter +20%#D646FF
Lighter +10%#CA13FF
Darker −10%#8500AC
Darker −20%#5E0079
Darker −30%#360046
Darker −40%#0F0013
More saturated +25%#AD00DF
Less saturated −25%#9E1CC3

Channel breakdown

R173
G0
B223
Red173 (67.8%)
Green0 (0%)
Blue223 (87.5%)
Hue286.55°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness43.73%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AD · G 00 · B DF

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