#ad00de

Color #ad00de

A vivid, highly saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Dark Violet #9400d3 · ΔE 7.27 Nearest Tailwind class purple-600 #9810fa · ΔE 5

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Conversions

HEX

#ad00de

RGB

rgb(173, 0, 222)

HSL

hsl(286.8, 100%, 43.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(286.8, 100%, 87.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(22.1%, 100%, 0%, 12.9%)

LAB

lab(44.46, 81.39, -68.56)

LCH

lch(44.46, 106.42, 319.89)

OKLCH

oklch(55.9%, 0.2751, 315.12)

HWB

hwb(286.8, 0%, 12.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#31de00

Analogous

#3e00de

#ad00de

#de00a0

Triadic

#ad00de

#dead00

#00dead

Split-complementary

#ad00de

#a0de00

#00de3e

Tetradic

#ad00de

#de0031

#31de00

#00dead

Square

#ad00de

#de3e00

#31de00

#00a0de

Shades

Color #ad00de mixed toward black.

#9000b9

#730094

#57006f

#3a004a

#1d0025

Tints

Color #ad00de mixed toward white.

#ca0fff

#d53fff

#df6fff

#ea9fff

#f4cfff

Tones

Color #ad00de mixed toward gray.

#a312cb

#9825b9

#8e37a6

#844a94

#795c81

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.48:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.83:1

White text reads better on this background (5.48:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8685c4 · ΔE 24.8

Deuteranopia

#8c93bd · ΔE 29.3

Tritanopia

#a9aca6 · ΔE 45

Achromatopsia

#696969 · ΔE 31.4

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #ad00de;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ad00de]

Related colors

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Frequently asked questions

#ad00de (#ad00de) is rgb(173, 0, 222) in RGB.

No, #ad00de is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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