#ad55e5

Color #ad55e5

A vivid, highly saturated light purple.

Closest named color Dark Orchid #9932cc · ΔE 11.13 Nearest Tailwind class purple-500 #ad46ff · ΔE 4

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Conversions

HEX

#ad55e5

RGB

rgb(173, 85, 229)

HSL

hsl(276.7, 73.5%, 61.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(276.7, 62.9%, 89.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(24.5%, 62.9%, 0%, 10.2%)

LAB

lab(52.99, 59.71, -58.73)

LCH

lch(52.99, 83.75, 315.47)

OKLCH

oklch(62.1%, 0.2153, 309.67)

HWB

hwb(276.7, 33.3%, 10.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8de555

Analogous

#6555e5

#ad55e5

#e555d5

Triadic

#ad55e5

#e5ad55

#55e5ad

Split-complementary

#ad55e5

#d5e555

#55e565

Tetradic

#ad55e5

#e5558d

#8de555

#55e5ad

Square

#ad55e5

#e56555

#8de555

#55d5e5

Shades

Color #ad55e5 mixed toward black.

#9728de

#7a1cb6

#5b1588

#3d0e5b

#1e072d

Tints

Color #ad55e5 mixed toward white.

#bb71e9

#c88eee

#d6aaf2

#e4c6f6

#f1e3fb

Tones

Color #ad55e5 mixed toward gray.

#aa61d9

#a86dcd

#a579c1

#a285b5

#a091a9

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.03:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.21:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.21:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8f8fce · ΔE 18.2

Deuteranopia

#9499c8 · ΔE 21.2

Tritanopia

#aab9b4 · ΔE 34.3

Achromatopsia

#7e7e7e · ΔE 29.1

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #ad55e5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ad55e5]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#ad55e5 (#ad55e5) is rgb(173, 85, 229) in RGB.

No, #ad55e5 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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