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Recognised as Colour

#AD33DC

  • #AD33DC
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark orchid

#AD33DC is a violet with RGB values 173, 51, 220 and HSL 283°, 71%, 53%. 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 orchid.

Colour values

#AD33DC#AD33DC
HEX#AD33DC
RGBrgb(173, 51, 220)
RGB (0–1)0.6784, 0.2, 0.8627
RGB percentages67.8%, 20%, 86.3%
HSLhsl(283.3, 70.7%, 53.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(283.3, 76.8%, 86.3%)
CMYK21.4%, 76.8%, 0%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,351,004
CSS custom property--colour: #AD33DC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.16419WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness126.5 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 black4.28:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#595959
Inverted#52CC23

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#006AE1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 50.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#2574D8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 58.9 from the original
Tritanopia#A95B87no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 62.3 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 text4.28:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark orchid · ΔE 8Dark violet · ΔE 12.2Blue violet · ΔE 13.5Medium orchid · ΔE 20.5Dark magenta · ΔE 29.4Fuchsia · ΔE 29.6
Nearest named CSS colourDark orchid (#9932CC)ΔE 8.02, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#62DC33
Analogous#5833DC, #DC33B7
Triadic#DCAD33, #33DCAD
Split complementary#B7DC33, #33DC58
Tetradic#DC5833, #62DC33, #33B7DC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F3E1FA
Lighter +30%#E1B6F2
Lighter +20%#D08AEB
Lighter +10%#BE5FE3
Darker −10%#9120BC
Darker −20%#6F1990
Darker −30%#4E1165
Darker −40%#2C0A39
More saturated +25%#BA15FA
Less saturated −25%#A051BE

Channel breakdown

R173
G51
B220
Red173 (67.8%)
Green51 (20%)
Blue220 (86.3%)
Hue283.31°
Saturation (HSL)70.71%
Lightness53.14%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AD · G 33 · B DC

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