#ad51e6

Color #ad51e6

A vivid, highly saturated light purple.

Closest named color Dark Orchid #9932cc · ΔE 9.61 Nearest Tailwind class purple-500 #ad46ff · ΔE 3.6

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Conversions

HEX

#ad51e6

RGB

rgb(173, 81, 230)

HSL

hsl(277, 74.9%, 61%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(277, 64.8%, 90.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(24.8%, 64.8%, 0%, 9.8%)

LAB

lab(52.38, 61.78, -60.28)

LCH

lch(52.38, 86.32, 315.7)

OKLCH

oklch(61.6%, 0.2215, 309.8)

HWB

hwb(277, 31.8%, 9.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8ae651

Analogous

#6251e6

#ad51e6

#e651d5

Triadic

#ad51e6

#e6ad51

#51e6ad

Split-complementary

#ad51e6

#d5e651

#51e662

Tetradic

#ad51e6

#e6518a

#8ae651

#51e6ad

Square

#ad51e6

#e66251

#8ae651

#51d5e6

Shades

Color #ad51e6 mixed toward black.

#9824e0

#7a1ab5

#5b1488

#3d0d5b

#1e072d

Tints

Color #ad51e6 mixed toward white.

#bb6eea

#c88bee

#d6a8f3

#e4c5f7

#f1e2fb

Tones

Color #ad51e6 mixed toward gray.

#aa5dda

#a76acd

#a476c1

#a183b4

#9e8fa8

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.12:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.1:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.1:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8e8ece · ΔE 18.6

Deuteranopia

#9399c8 · ΔE 22

Tritanopia

#aab9b4 · ΔE 34.8

Achromatopsia

#7d7d7d · ΔE 29.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #ad51e6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ad51e6]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#ad51e6 (#ad51e6) is rgb(173, 81, 230) in RGB.

No, #ad51e6 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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