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Recognised as Colour

#AB2AFA

  • #AB2AFA
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark violet

#AB2AFA is a violet with RGB values 171, 42, 250 and HSL 277°, 95%, 57%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark violet.

Colour values

#AB2AFA#AB2AFA
HEX#AB2AFA
RGBrgb(171, 42, 250)
RGB (0–1)0.6706, 0.1647, 0.9804
RGB percentages67.1%, 16.5%, 98%
HSLhsl(277.2, 95.4%, 57.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(277.2, 83.2%, 98%)
CMYK31.6%, 83.2%, 0%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,217,658
CSS custom property--colour: #AB2AFA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.17216WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness130 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.73:1
Contrast with white4.73:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.44:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#545454
Inverted#54D505

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#006FFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 50.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#0074F6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 57.3 from the original
Tritanopia#9D6597no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 77.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.73:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.44:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark violet · ΔE 12.1Blue violet · ΔE 12.2Dark orchid · ΔE 23.5Fuchsia · ΔE 27.7Magenta · ΔE 27.7Medium blue · ΔE 30.1
Nearest named CSS colourDark violet (#9400D3)ΔE 12.12, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#79FA2A
Analogous#432AFA, #FA2AE1
Triadic#FAAB2A, #2AFAAB
Split complementary#E1FA2A, #2AFA43
Tetradic#FA432A, #79FA2A, #2AE1FA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FAF1FF
Lighter +30%#E6BFFE
Lighter +20%#D28EFC
Lighter +10%#BF5CFB
Darker −10%#9406EB
Darker −20%#7504BA
Darker −30%#550388
Darker −40%#360256
More saturated +25%#AC25FF
Less saturated −25%#A445DF

Channel breakdown

R171
G42
B250
Red171 (67.1%)
Green42 (16.5%)
Blue250 (98%)
Hue277.21°
Saturation (HSL)95.41%
Lightness57.25%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AB · G 2A · B FA

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