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Recognised as Colour

#AD88FD

  • #AD88FD
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium purple

#AD88FD is a violet with RGB values 173, 136, 253 and HSL 259°, 97%, 76%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium purple.

Colour values

#AD88FD#AD88FD
HEX#AD88FD
RGBrgb(173, 136, 253)
RGB (0–1)0.6784, 0.5333, 0.9922
RGB percentages67.8%, 53.3%, 99.2%
HSLhsl(259, 96.7%, 76.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(259, 46.2%, 99.2%)
CMYK31.6%, 46.2%, 0%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,372,797
CSS custom property--colour: #AD88FD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.33584WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness164.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.72:1
Contrast with white2.72:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.72:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#989898
Inverted#527702

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#629DFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 28.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#699BFAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 27.6 from the original
Tritanopia#9C9EB7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 52.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.72:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.72:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 10.4Medium slateblue · ΔE 17.4Slate blue · ΔE 19.9Royal blue · ΔE 23.9Medium orchid · ΔE 24.1Violet · ΔE 24.9
Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 10.38, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D8FD88
Analogous#889EFD, #E788FD
Triadic#FDAD88, #88FDAD
Split complementary#FDE788, #9EFD88
Tetradic#FD889E, #D8FD88, #88FDE7

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F2ECFF
Lighter +10%#D0BAFE
Darker −10%#8A56FC
Darker −20%#6824FB
Darker −30%#4C04E8
Darker −40%#3C03B6
More saturated +25%#AC86FF
Less saturated −25%#B397EE

Channel breakdown

R173
G136
B253
Red173 (67.8%)
Green136 (53.3%)
Blue253 (99.2%)
Hue258.97°
Saturation (HSL)96.69%
Lightness76.27%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AD · G 88 · B FD

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