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Recognised as Colour

#AD43CB

  • #AD43CB
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium orchid

#AD43CB is a violet with RGB values 173, 67, 203 and HSL 287°, 57%, 53%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium orchid.

Colour values

#AD43CB#AD43CB
HEX#AD43CB
RGBrgb(173, 67, 203)
RGB (0–1)0.6784, 0.2627, 0.7961
RGB percentages67.8%, 26.3%, 79.6%
HSLhsl(286.8, 56.7%, 52.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(286.8, 67%, 79.6%)
CMYK14.8%, 67%, 0%, 20.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,355,083
CSS custom property--colour: #AD43CB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.1721WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness127.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.73:1
Contrast with white4.73:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.44:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#636363
Inverted#52BC34

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#016CCFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 50.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#4877C8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 52.8 from the original
Tritanopia#AC5C82no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 51.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.73:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.44:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Medium orchid · ΔE 7.1Dark orchid · ΔE 10.7Dark magenta · ΔE 20.2Orchid · ΔE 23.1Purple · ΔE 24Rebecca purple · ΔE 25.3
Nearest named CSS colourMedium orchid (#BA55D3)ΔE 7.13, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#61CB43
Analogous#6943CB, #CB43A5
Triadic#CBAD43, #43CBAD
Split complementary#A5CB43, #43CB69
Tetradic#CB6943, #61CB43, #43A5CB

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F3E3F7
Lighter +30%#E1BBEC
Lighter +20%#D093E1
Lighter +10%#BE6BD6
Darker −10%#902FAC
Darker −20%#6F2484
Darker −30%#4D195C
Darker −40%#2B0E34
More saturated +25%#BE25E9
Less saturated −25%#9C61AD

Channel breakdown

R173
G67
B203
Red173 (67.8%)
Green67 (26.3%)
Blue203 (79.6%)
Hue286.76°
Saturation (HSL)56.67%
Lightness52.94%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AD · G 43 · B CB

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