#ad5fd2

Color #ad5fd2

A moderately saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Medium Orchid #ba55d3 · ΔE 8.38 Nearest Tailwind class purple-500 #ad46ff · ΔE 7.7

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Conversions

HEX

#ad5fd2

RGB

rgb(173, 95, 210)

HSL

hsl(280.7, 56.1%, 59.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(280.7, 54.8%, 82.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(17.6%, 54.8%, 0%, 17.6%)

LAB

lab(53.73, 50.7, -46.8)

LCH

lch(53.73, 69, 317.29)

OKLCH

oklch(62.3%, 0.1809, 313.66)

HWB

hwb(280.7, 37.3%, 17.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#84d25f

Analogous

#735fd2

#ad5fd2

#d25fbd

Triadic

#ad5fd2

#d2ad5f

#5fd2ad

Split-complementary

#ad5fd2

#bdd25f

#5fd273

Tetradic

#ad5fd2

#d25f84

#84d25f

#5fd2ad

Square

#ad5fd2

#d2735f

#84d25f

#5fbdd2

Shades

Color #ad5fd2 mixed toward black.

#9938c6

#7a2d9f

#5c2177

#3d164f

#1f0b28

Tints

Color #ad5fd2 mixed toward white.

#bb7ad9

#c894e1

#d6afe8

#e4caf0

#f1e4f7

Tones

Color #ad5fd2 mixed toward gray.

#aa69c8

#a672bf

#a37cb5

#9f85ac

#9c8fa2

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.93:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.34:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.34:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9291be · ΔE 17.8

Deuteranopia

#969bb9 · ΔE 21.1

Tritanopia

#aaaca8 · ΔE 34.7

Achromatopsia

#808080 · ΔE 27.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #ad5fd2;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ad5fd2]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Indigo #4b0082

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#ad5fd2 (#ad5fd2) is rgb(173, 95, 210) in RGB.

No, #ad5fd2 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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