#ad85c7

Color #ad85c7

A muted light purple.

Closest named color Plum #dda0dd · ΔE 14.41 Nearest Tailwind class purple-400 #c27aff · ΔE 10.4

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Conversions

HEX

#ad85c7

RGB

rgb(173, 133, 199)

HSL

hsl(276.4, 37.1%, 65.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(276.4, 33.2%, 78%)

CMYK

cmyk(13.1%, 33.2%, 0%, 22%)

LAB

lab(61.47, 27.61, -28.45)

LCH

lch(61.47, 39.64, 314.14)

OKLCH

oklch(67.9%, 0.1042, 311.46)

HWB

hwb(276.4, 52.2%, 22%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9fc785

Analogous

#8c85c7

#ad85c7

#c785c0

Triadic

#ad85c7

#c7ad85

#85c7ad

Split-complementary

#ad85c7

#c0c785

#85c78c

Tetradic

#ad85c7

#c7859f

#9fc785

#85c7ad

Square

#ad85c7

#c78c85

#9fc785

#85c0c7

Shades

Color #ad85c7 mixed toward black.

#945fb6

#774698

#5a3472

#3c234c

#1e1126

Tints

Color #ad85c7 mixed toward white.

#bb99d0

#c8aeda

#d6c2e3

#e4d6ec

#f1ebf6

Tones

Color #ad85c7 mixed toward gray.

#ac8ac2

#ab90bc

#aa95b7

#a89bb1

#a7a1ac

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.02:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.96:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.96:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9d9dba · ΔE 12.7

Deuteranopia

#a0a2b6 · ΔE 15.6

Tritanopia

#abaeac · ΔE 24.3

Achromatopsia

#949494 · ΔE 22.5

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #ad85c7;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ad85c7]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Dark Violet #9400d3

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#ad85c7 (#ad85c7) is rgb(173, 133, 199) in RGB.

No, #ad85c7 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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