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Recognised as Colour

#AB05FF

  • #AB05FF
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark violet

#AB05FF is a violet with RGB values 171, 5, 255 and HSL 280°, 100%, 51%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark violet.

Colour values

#AB05FF#AB05FF
HEX#AB05FF
RGBrgb(171, 5, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.6706, 0.0196, 1
RGB percentages67.1%, 2%, 100%
HSLhsl(279.8, 100%, 51%)
HSV / HSBhsv(279.8, 98%, 100%)
CMYK32.9%, 98%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,208,191
CSS custom property--colour: #AB05FF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.15986WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness127.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5:1
Contrast with white5:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.2:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#3A3A3A
Inverted#54FA00

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#006BFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 54.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#0070FBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 59.8 from the original
Tritanopia#9C6096no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 83.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.2:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark violet · ΔE 18Blue violet · ΔE 19.4Fuchsia · ΔE 28.5Magenta · ΔE 28.5Blue · ΔE 29.7Medium blue · ΔE 30.5
Nearest named CSS colourDark violet (#9400D3)ΔE 18, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#59FF05
Analogous#2E05FF, #FF05D6
Triadic#FFAB05, #05FFAB
Split complementary#D6FF05, #05FF2E
Tetradic#FF2E05, #59FF05, #05D6FF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F0D1FF
Lighter +30%#DE9EFF
Lighter +20%#CD6BFF
Lighter +10%#BC38FF
Darker −10%#8B00D1
Darker −20%#69009E
Darker −30%#47006B
Darker −40%#250038
More saturated +25%#AB05FF
Less saturated −25%#A124E0

Channel breakdown

R171
G5
B255
Red171 (67.1%)
Green5 (2%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue279.84°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness50.98%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AB · G 05 · B FF

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