Recognised as Colour

#AD26E6

#AD26E6
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Dark violet

#AD26E6 is a violet with RGB values 173, 38, 230 and HSL 282°, 79%, 53%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark violet.

Colour values

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HEX#AD26E6

RGBrgb(173, 38, 230)

RGB (0–1)0.6784, 0.149, 0.902

RGB percentages67.8%, 14.9%, 90.2%

HSLhsl(282.2, 79.3%, 52.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(282.2, 83.5%, 90.2%)

CMYK24.8%, 83.5%, 0%, 9.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,347,686

CSS custom property--colour: #AD26E6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.15984WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness125.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5:1

Contrast with white5:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black4.2:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#515151

Inverted#52D919

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0069EBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 51.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#0072E2no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 61.2 from the original

Tritanopia#A65A8Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 68.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text5:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text4.2:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark violet · ΔE 7.5 Blue violet · ΔE 10.5 Dark orchid · ΔE 15.5 Fuchsia · ΔE 26.2 Magenta · ΔE 26.2 Medium orchid · ΔE 29

Nearest named CSS colourDark violet (#9400D3)ΔE 7.55, clearly different but related

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#5FE626

Analogous#4D26E6, #E626BF

Triadic#E6AD26, #26E6AD

Split complementary#BFE626, #26E64D

Tetradic#E64D26, #5FE626, #26BFE6

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#F2DDFB

Lighter +30%#E1AFF6

Lighter +20%#D081F1

Lighter +10%#BE54EB

Darker −10%#8F16C3

Darker −20%#6E1195

Darker −30%#4C0C67

Darker −40%#2A0739

More saturated +25%#B70DFF

Less saturated −25%#A144C8

Channel breakdown

R173

G38

B230

Red173 (67.8%)

Green38 (14.9%)

Blue230 (90.2%)

Hue282.19°

Saturation (HSL)79.34%

Lightness52.55%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR AD · G 26 · B E6

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