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Recognised as Colour

#AD7BEC

  • #AD7BEC
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium purple

#AD7BEC is a violet with RGB values 173, 123, 236 and HSL 267°, 75%, 70%. 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

#AD7BEC#AD7BEC
HEX#AD7BEC
RGBrgb(173, 123, 236)
RGB (0–1)0.6784, 0.4824, 0.9255
RGB percentages67.8%, 48.2%, 92.5%
HSLhsl(266.5, 74.8%, 70.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(266.5, 47.9%, 92.5%)
CMYK26.7%, 47.9%, 0%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,369,452
CSS custom property--colour: #AD7BEC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.29106WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness155.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.82:1
Contrast with white3.08:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.82:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#8E8E8E
Inverted#528413

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#5992F0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 31.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#6693E9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 32.1 from the original
Tritanopia#A28FA8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 49.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.08:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.82:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 7.6Medium slateblue · ΔE 17.6Slate blue · ΔE 18.2Medium orchid · ΔE 19.1Orchid · ΔE 20.9Violet · ΔE 21.7
Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 7.62, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BAEC7B
Analogous#7B81EC, #E67BEC
Triadic#ECAD7B, #7BECAD
Split complementary#ECE67B, #81EC7B
Tetradic#EC7B81, #BAEC7B, #7BECE6

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E4D4F9
Lighter +10%#C9A8F2
Darker −10%#914EE6
Darker −20%#7622DF
Darker −30%#5E1AB4
Darker −40%#471487
More saturated +25%#AB68FF
Less saturated −25%#AF8ED9

Channel breakdown

R173
G123
B236
Red173 (67.8%)
Green123 (48.2%)
Blue236 (92.5%)
Hue266.55°
Saturation (HSL)74.83%
Lightness70.39%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AD · G 7B · B EC

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