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Recognised as Colour

#AD42FD

  • #AD42FD
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#AD42FD is a violet with RGB values 173, 66, 253 and HSL 274°, 98%, 63%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#AD42FD#AD42FD
HEX#AD42FD
RGBrgb(173, 66, 253)
RGB (0–1)0.6784, 0.2588, 0.9922
RGB percentages67.8%, 25.9%, 99.2%
HSLhsl(274.3, 97.9%, 62.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(274.3, 73.9%, 99.2%)
CMYK31.6%, 73.9%, 0%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,354,877
CSS custom property--colour: #AD42FD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.19873WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness137.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.97:1
Contrast with white4.22:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black4.97:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#666666
Inverted#52BD02

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0078FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 49.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#007CF9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 54.2 from the original
Tritanopia#9F709Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 74 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.22:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text4.97:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 10Dark violet · ΔE 13.2Dark orchid · ΔE 18.2Fuchsia · ΔE 29.9Magenta · ΔE 29.9Medium orchid · ΔE 30.3
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 10.03, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#92FD42
Analogous#4F42FD, #FD42F0
Triadic#FDAD42, #42FDAD
Split complementary#F0FD42, #42FD4F
Tetradic#FD4F42, #92FD42, #42F0FD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#EFD9FF
Lighter +20%#D9A7FE
Lighter +10%#C374FE
Darker −10%#9710FC
Darker −20%#7C02D7
Darker −30%#5F02A4
Darker −40%#420172
More saturated +25%#AD40FF
Less saturated −25%#AA5AE5

Channel breakdown

R173
G66
B253
Red173 (67.8%)
Green66 (25.9%)
Blue253 (99.2%)
Hue274.33°
Saturation (HSL)97.91%
Lightness62.55%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AD · G 42 · B FD

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