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Recognised as Colour

#AD26DA

  • #AD26DA
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark violet

#AD26DA is a violet with RGB values 173, 38, 218 and HSL 285°, 71%, 50%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.2:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark violet.

Colour values

#AD26DA#AD26DA
HEX#AD26DA
RGBrgb(173, 38, 218)
RGB (0–1)0.6784, 0.149, 0.8549
RGB percentages67.8%, 14.9%, 85.5%
HSLhsl(285, 70.9%, 50.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(285, 82.6%, 85.5%)
CMYK20.6%, 82.6%, 0%, 14.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,347,674
CSS custom property--colour: #AD26DA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.15332WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness123.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.16:1
Contrast with white5.16:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.07:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#505050
Inverted#52D925

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0066DFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 52.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#1A70D6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 61.3 from the original
Tritanopia#A95483no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 63.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.16:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.07:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark violet · ΔE 9.5Dark orchid · ΔE 10.8Blue violet · ΔE 12.9Medium orchid · ΔE 24Fuchsia · ΔE 27.4Magenta · ΔE 27.4
Nearest named CSS colourDark violet (#9400D3)ΔE 9.46, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#53DA26
Analogous#5326DA, #DA26AD
Triadic#DAAD26, #26DAAD
Split complementary#ADDA26, #26DA53
Tetradic#DA5326, #53DA26, #26ADDA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EFD4F8
Lighter +30%#DEA9F0
Lighter +20%#CE7DE9
Lighter +10%#BD52E1
Darker −10%#8B1EAF
Darker −20%#681684
Darker −30%#460F58
Darker −40%#23082C
More saturated +25%#BD06FA
Less saturated −25%#9D46BA

Channel breakdown

R173
G38
B218
Red173 (67.8%)
Green38 (14.9%)
Blue218 (85.5%)
Hue285°
Saturation (HSL)70.87%
Lightness50.2%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AD · G 26 · B DA

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