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Recognised as Colour

#AD20E6

  • #AD20E6
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark violet

#AD20E6 is a violet with RGB values 173, 32, 230 and HSL 283°, 80%, 51%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.1:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark violet.

Colour values

#AD20E6#AD20E6
HEX#AD20E6
RGBrgb(173, 32, 230)
RGB (0–1)0.6784, 0.1255, 0.902
RGB percentages67.8%, 12.5%, 90.2%
HSLhsl(282.7, 79.8%, 51.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(282.7, 86.1%, 90.2%)
CMYK24.8%, 86.1%, 0%, 9.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,346,150
CSS custom property--colour: #AD20E6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.1563WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness124.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.09:1
Contrast with white5.09:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.13:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#4C4C4C
Inverted#52DF19

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0068EBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 52.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#0071E2no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 61.9 from the original
Tritanopia#A6588Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 69.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.09:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.13:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark violet · ΔE 7.3Blue violet · ΔE 10.9Dark orchid · ΔE 16.9Fuchsia · ΔE 25.6Magenta · ΔE 25.6Medium orchid · ΔE 30.6
Nearest named CSS colourDark violet (#9400D3)ΔE 7.3, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#59E620
Analogous#4A20E6, #E620BC
Triadic#E6AD20, #20E6AD
Split complementary#BCE620, #20E64A
Tetradic#E64A20, #59E620, #20BCE6

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F0D7FB
Lighter +30%#E0AAF5
Lighter +20%#CF7CF0
Lighter +10%#BE4EEB
Darker −10%#8D15BE
Darker −20%#6B1090
Darker −30%#490B62
Darker −40%#270634
More saturated +25%#B807FF
Less saturated −25%#A03FC7

Channel breakdown

R173
G32
B230
Red173 (67.8%)
Green32 (12.5%)
Blue230 (90.2%)
Hue282.73°
Saturation (HSL)79.84%
Lightness51.37%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AD · G 20 · B E6

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