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#AD00A5 — Vivid Pink

#AD00A5 is a pink color we call Vivid Pink, closest to the named color DarkMagenta (#8B008B). It belongs to the pink family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: darkmagenta (#8B008B) — not an exact match. CSS darkmagenta gives you #8B008B, a different color; use #AD00A5 when you need this exact shade.

Sources: common names follow widely used color-name references; CSS keywords and their hex values follow the CSS Color specification.

#AD00A5 is a warm-leaning pink color associated with playfulness, romance and softness. It is saturated enough to be the accent — buttons, highlights and calls to action — while neutrals do the quiet work around it.

Its strongest partner is its complement #00AD09; it also sits naturally between #5F00AD and #AD004E. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#AD00A5 · RGB 173, 0, 165

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Color values

HEX#AD00A5
RGB173, 0, 165
HSL303°, 100%, 34%
HSV303°, 100%, 68%
CMYK0%, 100%, 5%, 32%
XYZ24.03, 11.60, 36.57
Yxy11.60, 0.3328, 0.1607
CIE-Lab40.57, 72.28, -41.48
Hunter Lab34.06, 69.21, -43.27

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 68% · Green 0% · Blue 65%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 100% · Yellow 5% · Key 32%

CMYK values are unprofiled approximations for screen reference — not a print-proofing guarantee.

Previews

Sample text in #AD00A5 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #AD00A5 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #AD00A5

.text { color: #AD00A5; }
.background { background-color: #AD00A5; }
.border { border: 3px solid #AD00A5; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(173, 0, 165); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(303, 100%, 34%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #AD00A5; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(173, 0, 165, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #AD00A5; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(173, 0, 165, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#AD00A5">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#AD00A5">Div content here</div>

Shades of #AD00A5

#9E0096#8F0088#800079#70006B#61005C#52004E#42003F#330030#240022#140013

Tints of #AD00A5

#CC00C2#EB00DF#FF0FF3#FF2EF5#FF4DF6#FF6BF8#FF8AF9#FFADFB#FFCCFC#FFEBFE

Tones of #AD00A5

#A10C9A#94198E#882583#7C3178#703E6D#634B62

Color harmonies

Complementary — #00AD09:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text6.32:1 AA
Against black text3.32:1 AA large only

Best text color on #AD00A5: #FFFFFF.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #AD00A5

Text set with opacity blends into the background, so its real contrast is lower than the solid ratios above. Choose a text color and an opacity to see the blended color and its true ratio:

100%
Sample heading text
Smaller body text shows the effect best.

Blended color: · Contrast against #AD00A5: ·

How #AD00A5 looks with color blindness

Simulated with standard Machado color-vision-deficiency matrices — useful when this color carries meaning in charts, maps or interfaces:

Protanopia · #62617DDeuteranopia · #6C7973Tritanopia · #A45E57

Closest design-system colors

The nearest matches in the Tailwind CSS, Material Design and Bootstrap palettes — handy when you need a framework class instead of a raw hex:

Material Purple 500 · #9C27B0Tailwind fuchsia 600 · #C026D3Tailwind pink 600 · #DB2777

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #AD00A5 rather than the exact color:

Ruby Cascade
#5003C0 · #AB03A9 · #FF467A · #FFD51E
Palette F5eeee
#F5EEEE · #EA21A2 · #AF05AA · #171313
Palette 8100d1
#8100D1 · #B500B2 · #FF52A0 · #FFA47F
Tranquil Ember
#B20FA7 · #B9197D · #41081B · #BB1316
Burning Solace
#3B0F88 · #A10FA3 · #8A1544 · #D94D26
Silent Ember
#BA12A6 · #EA235E · #F0895F · #F7EDA9

Similar colors

The closest colors that actually appear in our palette collection — click any to open its page:

#AB03A9#AF05AA#B500B2#B20FA7#A10FA3#BA12A6#9D0191#9E149F#B30F90#9A0F98#A011B8#B61AAE

Browse neighbouring colors

← #AD00A4  ·  #AD00A6 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #AD00A5?

#AD00A5 is Vivid Pink, a pink color (RGB 173, 0, 165). Its closest standard named color is DarkMagenta.

What is the RGB and HSL of #AD00A5?

#AD00A5 is RGB 173, 0, 165 — HSL 303°, 100%, 34% — CMYK 0%, 100%, 5%, 32%.

What colors go with #AD00A5?

Its complement is #00AD09; analogous partners are #5F00AD and #AD004E. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #AD00A5 for text?

White text on #AD00A5 has a contrast ratio of 6.32:1 (passes WCAG AA); black text gives 3.32:1.