Recognised as Colour

#AD8FEE

#AD8FEE
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Medium purple

#AD8FEE is a violet with RGB values 173, 143, 238 and HSL 259°, 74%, 75%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium purple.

Colour values

#AD8FEE#AD8FEE

HEX#AD8FEE

RGBrgb(173, 143, 238)

RGB (0–1)0.6784, 0.5608, 0.9333

RGB percentages67.8%, 56.1%, 93.3%

HSLhsl(258.9, 73.6%, 74.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(258.9, 39.9%, 93.3%)

CMYK27.3%, 39.9%, 0%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,374,574

CSS custom property--colour: #AD8FEE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.34702WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness165.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.94:1

Contrast with white2.64:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.94:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#9C9C9C

Inverted#527011

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#759FF2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 22.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#7A9EECno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 22.4 from the original

Tritanopia#A09FB3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 42.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.64:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text7.94:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 13.6 Cornflower blue · ΔE 22.6 Plum · ΔE 23.3 Slate blue · ΔE 25 Orchid · ΔE 26.3 Violet · ΔE 26.7

Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 13.58, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#D0EE8F

Analogous#8FA0EE, #DD8FEE

Triadic#EEAD8F, #8FEEAD

Split complementary#EEDD8F, #A0EE8F

Tetradic#EE8FA0, #D0EE8F, #8FEEDD

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#EEE8FB

Lighter +10%#CDBBF5

Darker −10%#8D63E7

Darker −20%#6C36E1

Darker −30%#531EC6

Darker −40%#40179A

More saturated +25%#A77FFE

Less saturated −25%#B39FDE

Channel breakdown

R173

G143

B238

Red173 (67.8%)

Green143 (56.1%)

Blue238 (93.3%)

Hue258.95°

Saturation (HSL)73.64%

Lightness74.71%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR AD · G 8F · B EE

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