Recognised as Colour

#AD7BB9

#AD7BB9
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Plum

#AD7BB9 is a violet with RGB values 173, 123, 185 and HSL 288°, 31%, 60%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.3:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

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HEX#AD7BB9

RGBrgb(173, 123, 185)

RGB (0–1)0.6784, 0.4824, 0.7255

RGB percentages67.8%, 48.2%, 72.5%

HSLhsl(288.4, 30.7%, 60.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(288.4, 33.5%, 72.5%)

CMYK6.5%, 33.5%, 0%, 27.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,369,401

CSS custom property--colour: #AD7BB9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.26553WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness147.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.31:1

Contrast with white3.33:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.31:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#8A8A8A

Inverted#528446

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#7389BBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 25.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#7F8FB7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 26.7 from the original

Tritanopia#AE8292no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 25.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.33:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.31:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 15.3 Medium purple · ΔE 26.2 Orchid · ΔE 27 Pale violetred · ΔE 29.7 Violet · ΔE 30.7 Thistle · ΔE 31.7

Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 15.28, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#87B97B

Analogous#8E7BB9, #B97BA6

Triadic#B9AD7B, #7BB9AD

Split complementary#A6B97B, #7BB98E

Tetradic#B98E7B, #87B97B, #7BA6B9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#EBDFEE

Lighter +20%#D6BEDC

Lighter +10%#C29CCB

Darker −10%#985AA7

Darker −20%#7A4787

Darker −30%#5C3665

Darker −40%#3E2444

More saturated +25%#BC62D2

Less saturated −25%#9E94A0

Channel breakdown

R173

G123

B185

Red173 (67.8%)

Green123 (48.2%)

Blue185 (72.5%)

Hue288.39°

Saturation (HSL)30.69%

Lightness60.39%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR AD · G 7B · B B9

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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