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Recognised as Colour

#AD23EE

  • #AD23EE
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark violet

#AD23EE is a violet with RGB values 173, 35, 238 and HSL 281°, 86%, 54%. 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

#AD23EE#AD23EE
HEX#AD23EE
RGBrgb(173, 35, 238)
RGB (0–1)0.6784, 0.1373, 0.9333
RGB percentages67.8%, 13.7%, 93.3%
HSLhsl(280.8, 85.7%, 53.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(280.8, 85.3%, 93.3%)
CMYK27.3%, 85.3%, 0%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,346,926
CSS custom property--colour: #AD23EE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.16259WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness127 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.94:1
Contrast with white4.94:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.25:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#4F4F4F
Inverted#52DC11

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#006BF3no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 52.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#0072EAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 60.3 from the original
Tritanopia#A45D8Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 72.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.94:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.25:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark violet · ΔE 8.7Blue violet · ΔE 11Dark orchid · ΔE 19.7Fuchsia · ΔE 25.9Magenta · ΔE 25.9Medium blue · ΔE 31.5
Nearest named CSS colourDark violet (#9400D3)ΔE 8.75, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#64EE23
Analogous#4823EE, #EE23C9
Triadic#EEAD23, #23EEAD
Split complementary#C9EE23, #23EE48
Tetradic#EE4823, #64EE23, #23C9EE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F4E0FD
Lighter +30%#E2B1F9
Lighter +20%#D082F5
Lighter +10%#BF52F2
Darker −10%#9110CE
Darker −20%#700C9F
Darker −30%#4E096F
Darker −40%#2D0540
More saturated +25%#B312FF
Less saturated −25%#A241D0

Channel breakdown

R173
G35
B238
Red173 (67.8%)
Green35 (13.7%)
Blue238 (93.3%)
Hue280.79°
Saturation (HSL)85.65%
Lightness53.53%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AD · G 23 · B EE

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