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Recognised as Colour

#AD26EE

  • #AD26EE
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark violet

#AD26EE is a violet with RGB values 173, 38, 238 and HSL 281°, 85%, 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

#AD26EE#AD26EE
HEX#AD26EE
RGBrgb(173, 38, 238)
RGB (0–1)0.6784, 0.149, 0.9333
RGB percentages67.8%, 14.9%, 93.3%
HSLhsl(280.5, 85.5%, 54.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(280.5, 84%, 93.3%)
CMYK27.3%, 84%, 0%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,347,694
CSS custom property--colour: #AD26EE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.16444WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness127.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.9:1
Contrast with white4.9:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.29:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#515151
Inverted#52D911

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#006BF3no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 51.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#0073EAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 60.2 from the original
Tritanopia#A45E8Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 72.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.9:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.29:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark violet · ΔE 8.6Blue violet · ΔE 10.6Dark orchid · ΔE 18.9Fuchsia · ΔE 26.1Magenta · ΔE 26.1Medium blue · ΔE 31.6
Nearest named CSS colourDark violet (#9400D3)ΔE 8.63, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#67EE26
Analogous#4926EE, #EE26CB
Triadic#EEAD26, #26EEAD
Split complementary#CBEE26, #26EE49
Tetradic#EE4926, #67EE26, #26CBEE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F4E3FD
Lighter +30%#E3B4F9
Lighter +20%#D185F5
Lighter +10%#BF55F2
Darker −10%#9210D1
Darker −20%#710DA1
Darker −30%#500972
Darker −40%#2F0543
More saturated +25%#B315FF
Less saturated −25%#A343D1

Channel breakdown

R173
G38
B238
Red173 (67.8%)
Green38 (14.9%)
Blue238 (93.3%)
Hue280.5°
Saturation (HSL)85.47%
Lightness54.12%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AD · G 26 · B EE

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