Nerdulator> put something in

Recognised as Colour

#AD6ED7

  • #AD6ED7
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium purple

#AD6ED7 is a violet with RGB values 173, 110, 215 and HSL 276°, 57%, 64%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium purple.

Colour values

#AD6ED7#AD6ED7
HEX#AD6ED7
RGBrgb(173, 110, 215)
RGB (0–1)0.6784, 0.4314, 0.8431
RGB percentages67.8%, 43.1%, 84.3%
HSLhsl(276, 56.8%, 63.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(276, 48.8%, 84.3%)
CMYK19.5%, 48.8%, 0%, 15.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,366,103
CSS custom property--colour: #AD6ED7;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.24942WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness146 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.99:1
Contrast with white3.51:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.99:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#838383
Inverted#529128

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#5486DBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 34.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#668AD4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 35.7 from the original
Tritanopia#A87F99no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 43.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.51:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.99:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 9.3Medium orchid · ΔE 15.8Orchid · ΔE 16.2Violet · ΔE 19.3Slate blue · ΔE 19.4Medium slateblue · ΔE 21.7
Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 9.31, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#98D76E
Analogous#786ED7, #D76ECD
Triadic#D7AD6E, #6ED7AD
Split complementary#CCD76E, #6ED779
Tetradic#D7796E, #98D76E, #6ECCD7

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F1E6F8
Lighter +20%#DABEED
Lighter +10%#C496E2
Darker −10%#9646CC
Darker −20%#7C30AF
Darker −30%#602587
Darker −40%#431A5F
More saturated +25%#B257EE
Less saturated −25%#A885C0

Channel breakdown

R173
G110
B215
Red173 (67.8%)
Green110 (43.1%)
Blue215 (84.3%)
Hue276°
Saturation (HSL)56.76%
Lightness63.73%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AD · G 6E · B D7

Keep nerding

Every link below is a page Nerdulator can generate from what it already knows about this value.

Nerdulate something else

Nothing in mind? Surprise me · today’s page

Every value on this page was computed from “ad6ed7” by Nerdulator’s colour engine. Nothing here was retrieved from a database of answers or written by a model.