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Recognised as Colour

#AD95BF

  • #AD95BF
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Thistle

#AD95BF is a violet with RGB values 173, 149, 191 and HSL 274°, 25%, 67%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Thistle.

Colour values

#AD95BF#AD95BF
HEX#AD95BF
RGBrgb(173, 149, 191)
RGB (0–1)0.6784, 0.5843, 0.749
RGB percentages67.8%, 58.4%, 74.9%
HSLhsl(274.3, 24.7%, 66.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(274.3, 22%, 74.9%)
CMYK9.4%, 22%, 0%, 25.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,376,063
CSS custom property--colour: #AD95BF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.34141WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness161.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.83:1
Contrast with white2.68:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.83:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9D9D9D
Inverted#526A40

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8F9DC1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 13.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#939EBEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 13.8 from the original
Tritanopia#AB9AA3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 18.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.68:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.83:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Thistle · ΔE 18Plum · ΔE 18.1Light slate grey · ΔE 22.4Light steelblue · ΔE 22.8Slate grey · ΔE 23.9Rosy brown · ΔE 25.1
Nearest named CSS colourThistle (#D8BFD8)ΔE 17.98, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A7BF95
Analogous#9895BF, #BF95BC
Triadic#BFAD95, #95BFAD
Split complementary#BCBF95, #95BF98
Tetradic#BF9895, #A7BF95, #95BCBF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F7F4F9
Lighter +20%#DED5E5
Lighter +10%#C6B5D2
Darker −10%#9475AC
Darker −20%#7B5A94
Darker −30%#614675
Darker −40%#463355
More saturated +25%#B080D4
Less saturated −25%#AAAAAA

Channel breakdown

R173
G149
B191
Red173 (67.8%)
Green149 (58.4%)
Blue191 (74.9%)
Hue274.29°
Saturation (HSL)24.71%
Lightness66.67%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AD · G 95 · B BF

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