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Recognised as Colour

#AD5FCB

  • #AD5FCB
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium orchid

#AD5FCB is a violet with RGB values 173, 95, 203 and HSL 283°, 51%, 58%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.3:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium orchid.

Colour values

#AD5FCB#AD5FCB
HEX#AD5FCB
RGBrgb(173, 95, 203)
RGB (0–1)0.6784, 0.3725, 0.7961
RGB percentages67.8%, 37.3%, 79.6%
HSLhsl(283.3, 50.9%, 58.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(283.3, 53.2%, 79.6%)
CMYK14.8%, 53.2%, 0%, 20.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,362,251
CSS custom property--colour: #AD5FCB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.2138WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness137.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.28:1
Contrast with white3.98:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.28:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#777777
Inverted#52A034

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#467BCFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 40.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#6082C8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 41.4 from the original
Tritanopia#AB708Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 43.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.98:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.28:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium orchid · ΔE 10.6Medium purple · ΔE 14.2Orchid · ΔE 14.4Violet · ΔE 19Slate blue · ΔE 21.1Rebecca purple · ΔE 21.7
Nearest named CSS colourMedium orchid (#BA55D3)ΔE 10.63, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#7DCB5F
Analogous#775FCB, #CB5FB3
Triadic#CBAD5F, #5FCBAD
Split complementary#B3CB5F, #5FCB77
Tetradic#CB775F, #7DCB5F, #5FB3CB

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FCF9FD
Lighter +30%#E8D2F1
Lighter +20%#D4ACE4
Lighter +10%#C185D8
Darker −10%#973DBA
Darker −20%#783094
Darker −30%#59246D
Darker −40%#3A1747
More saturated +25%#B944E5
Less saturated −25%#A17AB0

Channel breakdown

R173
G95
B203
Red173 (67.8%)
Green95 (37.3%)
Blue203 (79.6%)
Hue283.33°
Saturation (HSL)50.94%
Lightness58.43%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AD · G 5F · B CB

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