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Recognised as Colour

#AD2CF3

  • #AD2CF3
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark violet

#AD2CF3 is a violet with RGB values 173, 44, 243 and HSL 279°, 89%, 56%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark violet.

Colour values

#AD2CF3#AD2CF3
HEX#AD2CF3
RGBrgb(173, 44, 243)
RGB (0–1)0.6784, 0.1725, 0.9529
RGB percentages67.8%, 17.3%, 95.3%
HSLhsl(278.9, 89.2%, 56.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(278.9, 81.9%, 95.3%)
CMYK28.8%, 81.9%, 0%, 4.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,349,235
CSS custom property--colour: #AD2CF3;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.17157WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness129.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.74:1
Contrast with white4.74:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.43:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#565656
Inverted#52D30C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#006EF8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 50.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#0075EFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 59 from the original
Tritanopia#A26293no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 73.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.74:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.43:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark violet · ΔE 9.7Blue violet · ΔE 10.5Dark orchid · ΔE 19.7Fuchsia · ΔE 26.7Magenta · ΔE 26.7Medium blue · ΔE 31.3
Nearest named CSS colourDark violet (#9400D3)ΔE 9.75, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#72F32C
Analogous#492CF3, #F32CD6
Triadic#F3AD2C, #2CF3AD
Split complementary#D5F32C, #2CF34A
Tetradic#F34A2C, #72F32C, #2CD6F3

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F8EDFE
Lighter +30%#E5BDFB
Lighter +20%#D38DF8
Lighter +10%#C05CF6
Darker −10%#950DDF
Darker −20%#750AAF
Darker −30%#55077F
Darker −40%#34044F
More saturated +25%#B120FF
Less saturated −25%#A548D7

Channel breakdown

R173
G44
B243
Red173 (67.8%)
Green44 (17.3%)
Blue243 (95.3%)
Hue278.89°
Saturation (HSL)89.24%
Lightness56.27%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AD · G 2C · B F3

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