#ad73bb

Color #ad73bb

A muted medium purple.

Closest named color Plum #dda0dd · ΔE 18.1 Nearest Tailwind class purple-400 #c27aff · ΔE 11.3

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Conversions

HEX

#ad73bb

RGB

rgb(173, 115, 187)

HSL

hsl(288.3, 34.6%, 59.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(288.3, 38.5%, 73.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(7.5%, 38.5%, 0%, 26.7%)

LAB

lab(56.82, 35.18, -28.83)

LCH

lch(56.82, 45.48, 320.67)

OKLCH

oklch(64.2%, 0.1222, 319.65)

HWB

hwb(288.3, 45.1%, 26.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#81bb73

Analogous

#8973bb

#ad73bb

#bb73a5

Triadic

#ad73bb

#bbad73

#73bbad

Split-complementary

#ad73bb

#a5bb73

#73bb89

Tetradic

#ad73bb

#bb7381

#81bb73

#73bbad

Square

#ad73bb

#bb8973

#81bb73

#73a5bb

Shades

Color #ad73bb mixed toward black.

#9852a9

#7a4287

#5b3166

#3d2144

#1e1022

Tints

Color #ad73bb mixed toward white.

#bb8ac6

#c8a2d2

#d6b9dd

#e4d0e8

#f1e8f4

Tones

Color #ad73bb mixed toward gray.

#a979b5

#a67faf

#a285a9

#9e8ba3

#9b919d

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.53:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.95:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.95:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9797ad · ΔE 17.3

Deuteranopia

#9b9ea9 · ΔE 20.7

Tritanopia

#aba19e · ΔE 25.1

Achromatopsia

#888888 · ΔE 23.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #ad73bb;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ad73bb]

Related colors

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Plum #dda0dd

Frequently asked questions

#ad73bb (#ad73bb) is rgb(173, 115, 187) in RGB.

No, #ad73bb 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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