#ad00e6

Color #ad00e6

A vivid, highly saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Dark Violet #9400d3 · ΔE 8.67 Nearest Tailwind class purple-600 #9810fa · ΔE 4.2

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Conversions

HEX

#ad00e6

RGB

rgb(173, 0, 230)

HSL

hsl(285.1, 100%, 45.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(285.1, 100%, 90.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(24.8%, 100%, 0%, 9.8%)

LAB

lab(45.08, 82.79, -72.11)

LCH

lch(45.08, 109.79, 318.94)

OKLCH

oklch(56.5%, 0.2809, 313.25)

HWB

hwb(285.1, 0%, 9.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#39e600

Analogous

#3a00e6

#ad00e6

#e600ac

Triadic

#ad00e6

#e6ad00

#00e6ad

Split-complementary

#ad00e6

#ace600

#00e63a

Tetradic

#ad00e6

#e60039

#39e600

#00e6ad

Square

#ad00e6

#e63a00

#39e600

#00ace6

Shades

Color #ad00e6 mixed toward black.

#9000c0

#730099

#560073

#3a004d

#1d0026

Tints

Color #ad00e6 mixed toward white.

#c516ff

#d144ff

#dc73ff

#e8a2ff

#f3d0ff

Tones

Color #ad00e6 mixed toward gray.

#a313d3

#9a26c0

#903aad

#864d99

#7d6086

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.36:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.92:1

White text reads better on this background (5.36:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8685cb · ΔE 24.2

Deuteranopia

#8c93c4 · ΔE 28.6

Tritanopia

#a9b3ad · ΔE 41.1

Achromatopsia

#6b6b6b · ΔE 31.6

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #ad00e6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ad00e6]

Related colors

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Frequently asked questions

#ad00e6 (#ad00e6) is rgb(173, 0, 230) in RGB.

No, #ad00e6 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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