#ad59cf

Color #ad59cf

A moderately saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Medium Orchid #ba55d3 · ΔE 6.09 Nearest Tailwind class purple-500 #ad46ff · ΔE 7.4

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Conversions

HEX

#ad59cf

RGB

rgb(173, 89, 207)

HSL

hsl(282.7, 55.1%, 58%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(282.7, 57%, 81.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(16.4%, 57%, 0%, 18.8%)

LAB

lab(52.44, 53.09, -47.14)

LCH

lch(52.44, 71, 318.4)

OKLCH

oklch(61.3%, 0.1869, 315.15)

HWB

hwb(282.7, 34.9%, 18.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#7bcf59

Analogous

#7259cf

#ad59cf

#cf59b6

Triadic

#ad59cf

#cfad59

#59cfad

Split-complementary

#ad59cf

#b6cf59

#59cf72

Tetradic

#ad59cf

#cf597b

#7bcf59

#59cfad

Square

#ad59cf

#cf7259

#7bcf59

#59b6cf

Shades

Color #ad59cf mixed toward black.

#9837bf

#7a2c99

#5b2173

#3d164c

#1e0b26

Tints

Color #ad59cf mixed toward white.

#bb75d7

#c890df

#d6ace7

#e4c8ef

#f1e3f7

Tones

Color #ad59cf mixed toward gray.

#a963c5

#a56dbb

#a076b1

#9c80a8

#988a9e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.11:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.11:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.11:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9090bb · ΔE 19.2

Deuteranopia

#959ab6 · ΔE 22.3

Tritanopia

#aaa9a5 · ΔE 34.1

Achromatopsia

#7d7d7d · ΔE 27.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #ad59cf;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ad59cf]

Related colors

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#ad59cf (#ad59cf) is rgb(173, 89, 207) in RGB.

No, #ad59cf 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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