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Recognised as Colour

#AD89BC

  • #AD89BC
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Plum

#AD89BC is a violet with RGB values 173, 137, 188 and HSL 282°, 28%, 64%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

#AD89BC#AD89BC
HEX#AD89BC
RGBrgb(173, 137, 188)
RGB (0–1)0.6784, 0.5373, 0.7373
RGB percentages67.8%, 53.7%, 73.7%
HSLhsl(282.4, 27.6%, 63.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(282.4, 27.1%, 73.7%)
CMYK8%, 27.1%, 0%, 26.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,372,988
CSS custom property--colour: #AD89BC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.30406WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness154.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.08:1
Contrast with white2.97:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.08:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#949494
Inverted#527643

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8294BEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 19.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#8A97BAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 19.8 from the original
Tritanopia#AD8F9Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 21.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.97:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.08:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 14.8Thistle · ΔE 23.9Light slate grey · ΔE 28Rosy brown · ΔE 28.7Slate grey · ΔE 28.9Light steelblue · ΔE 30
Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 14.83, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#98BC89
Analogous#9389BC, #BC89B1
Triadic#BCAD89, #89BCAD
Split complementary#B1BC89, #89BC93
Tetradic#BC9389, #98BC89, #89B1BC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F1EBF3
Lighter +20%#DACAE1
Lighter +10%#C4AACE
Darker −10%#9668AA
Darker −20%#7C518E
Darker −30%#603E6E
Darker −40%#432C4D
More saturated +25%#B772D3
Less saturated −25%#A3A0A5

Channel breakdown

R173
G137
B188
Red173 (67.8%)
Green137 (53.7%)
Blue188 (73.7%)
Hue282.35°
Saturation (HSL)27.57%
Lightness63.73%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AD · G 89 · B BC

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