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Recognised as Colour

#AB04EF

  • #AB04EF
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark violet

#AB04EF is a violet with RGB values 171, 4, 239 and HSL 283°, 97%, 48%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.3:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark violet.

Colour values

#AB04EF#AB04EF
HEX#AB04EF
RGBrgb(171, 4, 239)
RGB (0–1)0.6706, 0.0157, 0.9373
RGB percentages67.1%, 1.6%, 93.7%
HSLhsl(282.6, 96.7%, 47.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(282.6, 98.3%, 93.7%)
CMYK28.5%, 98.3%, 0%, 6.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,207,919
CSS custom property--colour: #AB04EF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.14977WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness123.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.26:1
Contrast with white5.26:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#383838
Inverted#54FB10

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0066F4no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 52.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#006EEBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 61.8 from the original
Tritanopia#A1588Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 75.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.26:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark violet · ΔE 11.3Blue violet · ΔE 14.5Dark orchid · ΔE 24.8Fuchsia · ΔE 25.8Magenta · ΔE 25.8Medium blue · ΔE 30.5
Nearest named CSS colourDark violet (#9400D3)ΔE 11.32, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#48EF04
Analogous#3504EF, #EF04BD
Triadic#EFAB04, #04EFAB
Split complementary#BDEF04, #04EF36
Tetradic#EF3604, #48EF04, #04BDEF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#ECC1FE
Lighter +30%#DD8FFD
Lighter +20%#CE5DFC
Lighter +10%#BF2BFB
Darker −10%#8703BD
Darker −20%#63028B
Darker −30%#3F0159
Darker −40%#1B0126
More saturated +25%#AD00F3
Less saturated −25%#9E22D1

Channel breakdown

R171
G4
B239
Red171 (67.1%)
Green4 (1.6%)
Blue239 (93.7%)
Hue282.64°
Saturation (HSL)96.71%
Lightness47.65%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AB · G 04 · B EF

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