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Recognised as Colour

#AB205A

  • #AB205A
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium violet red

#AB205A is a red with RGB values 171, 32, 90 and HSL 335°, 68%, 40%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium violet red.

Colour values

#AB205A#AB205A
HEX#AB205A
RGBrgb(171, 32, 90)
RGB (0–1)0.6706, 0.1255, 0.3529
RGB percentages67.1%, 12.5%, 35.3%
HSLhsl(335, 68.5%, 39.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(335, 81.3%, 67.1%)
CMYK0%, 81.3%, 47.4%, 32.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,214,938
CSS custom property--colour: #AB205A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.10429WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness101.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.81:1
Contrast with white6.81:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.09:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#424242
Inverted#54DFA5

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#434A5Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 58.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#686457no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 59.1 from the original
Tritanopia#BA003Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 22.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.81:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.09:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Medium violet red · ΔE 22.5Pale violetred · ΔE 25.2Indian red · ΔE 28.2Brown · ΔE 29.8Hot pink · ΔE 30.4Deep pink · ΔE 32.8
Nearest named CSS colourMedium violet red (#C71585)ΔE 22.46, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#20AB71
Analogous#AB209F, #AB2C20
Triadic#5AAB20, #205AAB
Split complementary#20AB2C, #209FAB
Tetradic#A0AB20, #20AB71, #2C20AB

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EFA8C6
Lighter +30%#E77DA9
Lighter +20%#DF528D
Lighter +10%#D62871
Darker −10%#801843
Darker −20%#55102D
Darker −30%#2A0816
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#C40756
Less saturated −25%#92395E

Channel breakdown

R171
G32
B90
Red171 (67.1%)
Green32 (12.5%)
Blue90 (35.3%)
Hue334.96°
Saturation (HSL)68.47%
Lightness39.8%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR AB · G 20 · B 5A

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