Colour

#AD95DA

#AD95DA
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Plum

#AD95DA is a violet with RGB values 173, 149, 218 and HSL 261°, 48%, 72%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

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HEX#AD95DA

RGBrgb(173, 149, 218)

RGB (0–1)0.6784, 0.5843, 0.8549

RGB percentages67.8%, 58.4%, 85.5%

HSLhsl(260.9, 48.3%, 72%)

HSV / HSBhsv(260.9, 31.7%, 85.5%)

CMYK20.6%, 31.7%, 0%, 14.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,376,090

CSS custom property--colour: #AD95DA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.35441WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness165.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.09:1

Contrast with white2.6:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black8.09:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#9F9F9F

Inverted#526A25

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#85A0DDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 17.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#8AA0D8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 17 from the original

Tritanopia#A5A0AEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 31.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.6:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text8.09:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 15.7 Cornflower blue · ΔE 22.4 Medium purple · ΔE 25.5 Thistle · ΔE 28.3 Steel blue · ΔE 30.2 Light steelblue · ΔE 31.8

Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 15.68, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#C2DA95

Analogous#95A0DA, #CF95DA

Triadic#DAAD95, #95DAAD

Split complementary#DAD095, #9FDA95

Tetradic#DA95A0, #C2DA95, #95DACF

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#E7E1F4

Lighter +10%#CABBE7

Darker −10%#906FCD

Darker −20%#7349C0

Darker −30%#5B379F

Darker −40%#462A79

More saturated +25%#A883EC

Less saturated −25%#B2A7C8

Channel breakdown

R173

G149

B218

Red173 (67.8%)

Green149 (58.4%)

Blue218 (85.5%)

Hue260.87°

Saturation (HSL)48.25%

Lightness71.96%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR AD · G 95 · B DA

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Colour values

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