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#AD41ED

#ad41ed ≈ Electric Purple

  • violet
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#ad41ed is a color from the violet family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 67.84% red, 25.49% green and 92.94% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 27% cyan, 72.57% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.06% black. Its hue angle is 277.67°, with 82.69% saturation and 59.22% 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 4.76:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Electric Purple (#bf00ff), ΔE 4.14.

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Web safe#9933ff
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Relative luminance0.1878

Complementary

  1. #ad41ed
  2. #81ed41

Split complementary

  1. #ad41ed
  2. #d7ed41
  3. #41ed57

Analogous

  1. #5741ed
  2. #ad41ed
  3. #ed41d7

Triadic

  1. #ad41ed
  2. #edad41
  3. #41edad

Tetradic

  1. #ad41ed
  2. #ed4181
  3. #81ed41
  4. #41edad

Square

  1. #ad41ed
  2. #ed5741
  3. #81ed41
  4. #41d7ed

Monochromatic

  1. #5a0d88
  2. #8914ce
  3. #ad41ed
  4. #cb87f4
  5. #e9cdfa

Shades

#ad41ed mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ad41ed
  2. #9c3bd5
  3. #8a34be
  4. #792ea6
  5. #68278e
  6. #572177
  7. #451a5f
  8. #341447
  9. #230d2f
  10. #110718
  11. #000000

Tints

#ad41ed mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ad41ed
  2. #b554ef
  3. #bd67f1
  4. #c67af2
  5. #ce8df4
  6. #d6a0f6
  7. #deb3f8
  8. #e6c6fa
  9. #efd9fb
  10. #f7ecfd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ad41ed mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ad41ed
  2. #a947e2
  3. #a44ed7
  4. #a054cc
  5. #9b5ac1
  6. #9761b7
  7. #9267ac
  8. #8e6da1
  9. #897396
  10. #857a8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.42:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 4.76:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #787878 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9066b3 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #0074f2 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #1279e9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a46994 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6763f0 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7367eb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a75cbe ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ad41ed {
  color: #ad41ed;
}
Background
.bg-ad41ed {
  background-color: #ad41ed;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ad41ed {
  border: 2px solid #ad41ed;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ad41ed;
  --color-primary-rgb: 173 65 237;
  --color-primary-hsl: 278 83% 59%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ad41ed {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ad41ed, #ed41d7);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ad41ed {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(173 65 237 / 0.35);
}

#bf00ff Electric Purple ΔE 4.14 #ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 6.52 #9f00ff Vivid Violet ΔE 6.83 #9932cc Dark Orchid ΔE 7.13 #8a2be2 Blue Violet ΔE 8.38 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 8.57 #8f00ff Electric Violet ΔE 8.99 #52be12 Inverted #787878 Grayscale 

Electric Purple
#ad41ed  rgb(173, 65, 237)  hsl(278, 83%, 59%)  Electric Purple
#81ed41  rgb(129, 237, 65)  hsl(98, 83%, 59%)  Lawn Green
#edad41  rgb(237, 173, 65)  hsl(38, 83%, 59%)  Marigold
#41edad  rgb(65, 237, 173)  hsl(158, 83%, 59%)  Medium Spring Green