#ad21cf

Color #ad21cf

A vivid, highly saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Dark Orchid #9932cc · ΔE 9.23 Nearest Tailwind class fuchsia-700 #a800b7 · ΔE 4.5

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Conversions

HEX

#ad21cf

RGB

rgb(173, 33, 207)

HSL

hsl(288.3, 72.5%, 47.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(288.3, 84.1%, 81.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(16.4%, 84.1%, 0%, 18.8%)

LAB

lab(44.91, 74.21, -59.21)

LCH

lch(44.91, 94.94, 321.41)

OKLCH

oklch(55.9%, 0.2507, 318.28)

HWB

hwb(288.3, 12.9%, 18.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#43cf21

Analogous

#5621cf

#ad21cf

#cf219a

Triadic

#ad21cf

#cfad21

#21cfad

Split-complementary

#ad21cf

#9acf21

#21cf56

Tetradic

#ad21cf

#cf2143

#43cf21

#21cfad

Square

#ad21cf

#cf5621

#43cf21

#219acf

Shades

Color #ad21cf mixed toward black.

#901cad

#73168a

#571168

#3a0b45

#1d0623

Tints

Color #ad21cf mixed toward white.

#c03de0

#cd64e6

#d98bec

#e6b1f3

#f2d8f9

Tones

Color #ad21cf mixed toward gray.

#a430c1

#9c3eb2

#934da4

#8a5b95

#816a87

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.39:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.9:1

White text reads better on this background (5.39:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8786b8 · ΔE 24.7

Deuteranopia

#8d94b1 · ΔE 29.1

Tritanopia

#a9a29d · ΔE 38.8

Achromatopsia

#6a6a6a · ΔE 30.3

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #ad21cf;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ad21cf]

Related colors

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Plum #dda0dd

Frequently asked questions

#ad21cf (#ad21cf) is rgb(173, 33, 207) in RGB.

No, #ad21cf is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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