#ad00eb

Color #ad00eb

A vivid, highly saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Dark Violet #9400d3 · ΔE 10.21 Nearest Tailwind class purple-600 #9810fa · ΔE 3.8

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Conversions

HEX

#ad00eb

RGB

rgb(173, 0, 235)

HSL

hsl(284.2, 100%, 46.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(284.2, 100%, 92.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(26.4%, 100%, 0%, 7.8%)

LAB

lab(45.47, 83.68, -74.3)

LCH

lch(45.47, 111.91, 318.4)

OKLCH

oklch(56.9%, 0.2845, 312.14)

HWB

hwb(284.2, 0%, 7.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#3eeb00

Analogous

#3800eb

#ad00eb

#eb00b3

Triadic

#ad00eb

#ebad00

#00ebad

Split-complementary

#ad00eb

#b3eb00

#00eb38

Tetradic

#ad00eb

#eb003e

#3eeb00

#00ebad

Square

#ad00eb

#eb3800

#3eeb00

#00b3eb

Shades

Color #ad00eb mixed toward black.

#9000c4

#73009d

#570076

#3a004e

#1d0027

Tints

Color #ad00eb mixed toward white.

#c31aff

#cf48ff

#db76ff

#e7a3ff

#f3d1ff

Tones

Color #ad00eb mixed toward gray.

#a414d8

#9b27c4

#913bb0

#884e9d

#7f6289

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.28:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.98:1

White text reads better on this background (5.28:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8685d0 · ΔE 23.8

Deuteranopia

#8c93c9 · ΔE 28.1

Tritanopia

#a9b7b0 · ΔE 41.5

Achromatopsia

#6c6c6c · ΔE 31.8

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #ad00eb;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ad00eb]

Related colors

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#ad00eb (#ad00eb) is rgb(173, 0, 235) in RGB.

No, #ad00eb 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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