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Recognised as Colour

#AD255D

  • #AD255D
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium violet red

#AD255D is a red with RGB values 173, 37, 93 and HSL 335°, 65%, 41%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium violet red.

Colour values

#AD255D#AD255D
HEX#AD255D
RGBrgb(173, 37, 93)
RGB (0–1)0.6784, 0.1451, 0.3647
RGB percentages67.8%, 14.5%, 36.5%
HSLhsl(335.3, 64.8%, 41.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(335.3, 78.6%, 67.8%)
CMYK0%, 78.6%, 46.2%, 32.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,347,293
CSS custom property--colour: #AD255D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.10998WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness103.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.56:1
Contrast with white6.56:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.2:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#464646
Inverted#52DAA2

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#464D5Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 57.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#6A675Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 59 from the original
Tritanopia#BC023Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 21.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.56:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.2:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Medium violet red · ΔE 22.2Pale violetred · ΔE 24Indian red · ΔE 27.7Hot pink · ΔE 29.5Brown · ΔE 30.1Deep pink · ΔE 32.7
Nearest named CSS colourMedium violet red (#C71585)ΔE 22.24, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#25AD75
Analogous#AD25A1, #AD3125
Triadic#5DAD25, #255DAD
Split complementary#25AD31, #25A1AD
Tetradic#A1AD25, #25AD75, #3125AD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EEB0CA
Lighter +30%#E586AD
Lighter +20%#DC5C91
Lighter +10%#D33274
Darker −10%#831C46
Darker −20%#591330
Darker −30%#2F0A19
Darker −40%#050103
More saturated +25%#C70B58
Less saturated −25%#933F62

Channel breakdown

R173
G37
B93
Red173 (67.8%)
Green37 (14.5%)
Blue93 (36.5%)
Hue335.29°
Saturation (HSL)64.76%
Lightness41.18%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR AD · G 25 · B 5D

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