#ad70cd

Color #ad70cd

A moderately saturated light purple.

Closest named color Medium Purple #9370db · ΔE 12.02 Nearest Tailwind class purple-400 #c27aff · ΔE 8.2

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Conversions

HEX

#ad70cd

RGB

rgb(173, 112, 205)

HSL

hsl(279.4, 48.2%, 62.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(279.4, 45.4%, 80.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(15.6%, 45.4%, 0%, 19.6%)

LAB

lab(56.96, 40.61, -38.86)

LCH

lch(56.96, 56.21, 316.26)

OKLCH

oklch(64.6%, 0.1478, 313.11)

HWB

hwb(279.4, 43.9%, 19.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#90cd70

Analogous

#7f70cd

#ad70cd

#cd70bf

Triadic

#ad70cd

#cdad70

#70cdad

Split-complementary

#ad70cd

#bfcd70

#70cd7f

Tetradic

#ad70cd

#cd7090

#90cd70

#70cdad

Square

#ad70cd

#cd7f70

#90cd70

#70bfcd

Shades

Color #ad70cd mixed toward black.

#9749bf

#7a379d

#5b2976

#3d1b4e

#1e0e27

Tints

Color #ad70cd mixed toward white.

#bb88d5

#c8a0de

#d6b8e6

#e4cfee

#f1e7f7

Tones

Color #ad70cd mixed toward gray.

#ab78c5

#a880be

#a687b6

#a38fae

#a197a6

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.51:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.98:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.98:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9696bc · ΔE 15.6

Deuteranopia

#9a9eb7 · ΔE 18.6

Tritanopia

#abada9 · ΔE 31.7

Achromatopsia

#898989 · ΔE 25.3

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #ad70cd;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ad70cd]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#ad70cd (#ad70cd) is rgb(173, 112, 205) in RGB.

No, #ad70cd 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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