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Recognised as Colour

#AD79F0

  • #AD79F0
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium purple

#AD79F0 is a violet with RGB values 173, 121, 240 and HSL 266°, 80%, 71%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium purple.

Colour values

#AD79F0#AD79F0
HEX#AD79F0
RGBrgb(173, 121, 240)
RGB (0–1)0.6784, 0.4745, 0.9412
RGB percentages67.8%, 47.5%, 94.1%
HSLhsl(266.2, 79.9%, 70.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(266.2, 49.6%, 94.1%)
CMYK27.9%, 49.6%, 0%, 5.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,368,944
CSS custom property--colour: #AD79F0;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.2885WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness155.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.77:1
Contrast with white3.1:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.77:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#8D8D8D
Inverted#52860F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#5391F4no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 32.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#6192EDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 33.2 from the original
Tritanopia#A18FA9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 52.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.1:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.77:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 9.3Medium slateblue · ΔE 15.5Medium orchid · ΔE 17.7Slate blue · ΔE 17.9Orchid · ΔE 21.7Violet · ΔE 22.2
Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 9.27, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BCF079
Analogous#7981F0, #E879F0
Triadic#F0AD79, #79F0AD
Split complementary#F0E979, #80F079
Tetradic#F07981, #BCF079, #79F0E8

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E5D5FA
Lighter +10%#C9A7F5
Darker −10%#914BEB
Darker −20%#751DE6
Darker −30%#5E15BB
Darker −40%#47108D
More saturated +25%#AB6AFF
Less saturated −25%#AF8CDD

Channel breakdown

R173
G121
B240
Red173 (67.8%)
Green121 (47.5%)
Blue240 (94.1%)
Hue266.22°
Saturation (HSL)79.87%
Lightness70.78%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AD · G 79 · B F0

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