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Recognised as Colour

#AB16FF

  • #AB16FF
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark violet

#AB16FF is a violet with RGB values 171, 22, 255 and HSL 278°, 100%, 54%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark violet.

Colour values

#AB16FF#AB16FF
HEX#AB16FF
RGBrgb(171, 22, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.6706, 0.0863, 1
RGB percentages67.1%, 8.6%, 100%
HSLhsl(278.4, 100%, 54.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(278.4, 91.4%, 100%)
CMYK32.9%, 91.4%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,212,543
CSS custom property--colour: #AB16FF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.16452WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness128.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.89:1
Contrast with white4.89:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.29:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#474747
Inverted#54E900

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#006DFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 54.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#0072FBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 59.3 from the original
Tritanopia#9C6297no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 82.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.89:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.29:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark violet · ΔE 16.6Blue violet · ΔE 17.6Fuchsia · ΔE 28.2Magenta · ΔE 28.2Dark orchid · ΔE 29.8Medium blue · ΔE 30.2
Nearest named CSS colourDark violet (#9400D3)ΔE 16.57, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#6AFF16
Analogous#3616FF, #FF16DF
Triadic#FFAB16, #16FFAB
Split complementary#DFFF16, #16FF36
Tetradic#FF3616, #6AFF16, #16DFFF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F5E2FF
Lighter +30%#E2AFFF
Lighter +20%#D07CFF
Lighter +10%#BD49FF
Darker −10%#9100E2
Darker −20%#7000AF
Darker −30%#4F007C
Darker −40%#2F0049
More saturated +25%#AB16FF
Less saturated −25%#A333E2

Channel breakdown

R171
G22
B255
Red171 (67.1%)
Green22 (8.6%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue278.37°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness54.31%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AB · G 16 · B FF

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