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#AD4DFD

#ad4dfd ≈ Electric Purple

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#ad4dfd is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 67.84% red, 30.2% green and 99.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 31.62% cyan, 69.57% magenta, 0% yellow and 0.78% black. Its hue angle is 272.73°, with 97.78% saturation and 64.71% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with imagination, spirituality and luxury. Designers typically use it for beauty and cosmetics, creative studios and call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 5.26:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Electric Purple (#bf00ff), ΔE 6.01.

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Web safe#9966ff
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Relative luminance0.2128

Complementary

  1. #ad4dfd
  2. #9dfd4d

Split complementary

  1. #ad4dfd
  2. #f5fd4d
  3. #4dfd55

Analogous

  1. #554dfd
  2. #ad4dfd
  3. #fd4df5

Triadic

  1. #ad4dfd
  2. #fdad4d
  3. #4dfdad

Tetradic

  1. #ad4dfd
  2. #fd4d9d
  3. #9dfd4d
  4. #4dfdad

Square

  1. #ad4dfd
  2. #fd554d
  3. #9dfd4d
  4. #4df5fd

Monochromatic

  1. #6002af
  2. #8a03fb
  3. #ad4dfd
  4. #d099fe
  5. #f3e4ff

Shades

#ad4dfd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ad4dfd
  2. #9c45e4
  3. #8a3eca
  4. #7936b1
  5. #682e98
  6. #57277f
  7. #451f65
  8. #34174c
  9. #230f33
  10. #110819
  11. #000000

Tints

#ad4dfd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ad4dfd
  2. #b55ffd
  3. #bd71fd
  4. #c682fe
  5. #ce94fe
  6. #d6a6fe
  7. #deb8fe
  8. #e6cafe
  9. #efdbff
  10. #f7edff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ad4dfd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ad4dfd
  2. #a952f1
  3. #a457e4
  4. #a05cd8
  5. #9b61cb
  6. #9767bf
  7. #926cb2
  8. #8e71a6
  9. #897699
  10. #857b8d
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.99:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.26:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7f7f7f ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #946ebf ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #007dff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #007ff9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #9e76a0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #656dff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #706ffb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a468cc ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ad4dfd {
  color: #ad4dfd;
}
Background
.bg-ad4dfd {
  background-color: #ad4dfd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ad4dfd {
  border: 2px solid #ad4dfd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ad4dfd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 173 77 253;
  --color-primary-hsl: 273 98% 65%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ad4dfd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ad4dfd, #fd4df5);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ad4dfd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(173 77 253 / 0.35);
}

#bf00ff Electric Purple ΔE 6.01 #ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 7.23 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 8.37 #9f00ff Vivid Violet ΔE 9.01 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 9.18 #7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 9.86 #9932cc Dark Orchid ΔE 10.39 #52b202 Inverted #7f7f7f Grayscale 

Electric Purple
#ad4dfd  rgb(173, 77, 253)  hsl(273, 98%, 65%)  Electric Purple
#9dfd4d  rgb(157, 253, 77)  hsl(93, 98%, 65%)  Green Yellow
#fdad4d  rgb(253, 173, 77)  hsl(33, 98%, 65%)  Yellow Orange
#4dfdad  rgb(77, 253, 173)  hsl(153, 98%, 65%)  Medium Spring Green