Information about #AD37CD color
Basic facts about this digital color
The color #AD37CD reads as a vivid, lively purple-pink magenta and carries an easy, daylight feel. Designers typically reach for tones like this for accents, call-to-action elements and statement visuals. In The Official Register of Color Names it is just a few steps away from Dark Orchid (#9932CC). Slightly further away sit Purple Flower (#A74AC7) and Steel Pink (#CC33CC).
The recipe behind #AD37CD is rgb(173, 55, 205), with blue as the dominant ingredient. Accessibility-wise, white text works best on #AD37CD: 5.0:1 contrast (passing WCAG AA) versus 4.2:1 for black. No one has named #AD37CD so far. Register a name for it and it becomes a permanent record.
#AD37CD color variations
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#AD37CD color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
#AD37CD color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
#AD37CD color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
#AD37CD color hues
A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
#AD37CD color harmonies
Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.
Complementary
Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.
Split complementary
Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.
Analogous
Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.
Triadic
Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.
Tetradic
Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.
Square
Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.
Alternatives to #AD37CD color
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Nearest named colors to #AD37CD
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.
#9932CC
#A74AC7
#CC33CC
#A23BEC
#BA55D3
#AC1DB8
#C83CB9
#983FB2
#AF51E7
#A552E6
#C94CBE
#9C51B6
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#AD37CD
- RGB173, 55, 205
- CMYK13, 59, 0, 20
- CSSrgb(173, 55, 205)
- HSL287°, 60%, 51%
- HSL Precise287.2°, 60%, 50.98%
- HSV287°, 73%, 80%
- HSB287°, 73%, 80%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.678
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.216
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.804
- GLSLvec3(0.678, 0.216, 0.804)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.678, 0.216, 0.804, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.678, 0.216, 0.804)
- Percentage of Red in RGB67.8%
- Percentage of Green in RGB21.6%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB80.4%
- Color FamilyMagenta
- Saturation FamilyHigh Saturation
- Lightness FamilyLight
- HEX IDAD37CD
- DECIMAL ID11352013
- Name LengthThis color has no name
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- Counting from2025-01-01
