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Recognised as Colour

#AD11FD

  • #AD11FD
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark violet

#AD11FD is a violet with RGB values 173, 17, 253 and HSL 280°, 98%, 53%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark violet.

Colour values

#AD11FD#AD11FD
HEX#AD11FD
RGBrgb(173, 17, 253)
RGB (0–1)0.6784, 0.0667, 0.9922
RGB percentages67.8%, 6.7%, 99.2%
HSLhsl(279.7, 98.3%, 52.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(279.7, 93.3%, 99.2%)
CMYK31.6%, 93.3%, 0%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,342,333
CSS custom property--colour: #AD11FD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.16377WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness128.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.91:1
Contrast with white4.91:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.28:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#434343
Inverted#52EE02

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#006CFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 54 from the original
Deuteranopia#0072F9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 60.5 from the original
Tritanopia#9F6096no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 80.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.91:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.28:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark violet · ΔE 16.1Blue violet · ΔE 17.6Fuchsia · ΔE 27.3Magenta · ΔE 27.3Dark orchid · ΔE 29.5Medium blue · ΔE 30.7
Nearest named CSS colourDark violet (#9400D3)ΔE 16.14, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#61FD11
Analogous#3711FD, #FD11D7
Triadic#FDAD11, #11FDAD
Split complementary#D7FD11, #11FD37
Tetradic#FD3711, #61FD11, #11D7FD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F3DBFF
Lighter +30%#E1A9FE
Lighter +20%#D076FE
Lighter +10%#BE44FD
Darker −10%#9002D9
Darker −20%#6F01A7
Darker −30%#4D0174
Darker −40%#2B0141
More saturated +25%#AE0FFF
Less saturated −25%#A32FDF

Channel breakdown

R173
G17
B253
Red173 (67.8%)
Green17 (6.7%)
Blue253 (99.2%)
Hue279.66°
Saturation (HSL)98.33%
Lightness52.94%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AD · G 11 · B FD

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