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Recognised as Colour

#AB39E1

  • #AB39E1
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark orchid

#AB39E1 is a violet with RGB values 171, 57, 225 and HSL 281°, 74%, 55%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark orchid.

Colour values

#AB39E1#AB39E1
HEX#AB39E1
RGBrgb(171, 57, 225)
RGB (0–1)0.6706, 0.2235, 0.8824
RGB percentages67.1%, 22.4%, 88.2%
HSLhsl(280.7, 73.7%, 55.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(280.7, 74.7%, 88.2%)
CMYK24%, 74.7%, 0%, 11.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,221,473
CSS custom property--colour: #AB39E1;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.1702WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness128.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.77:1
Contrast with white4.77:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.4:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#5D5D5D
Inverted#54C61E

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#006DE6no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 49.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#1E75DDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 56.7 from the original
Tritanopia#A4608Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 63.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.77:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.4:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark orchid · ΔE 8.1Blue violet · ΔE 12.3Dark violet · ΔE 12.4Medium orchid · ΔE 20.7Medium slateblue · ΔE 29.4Fuchsia · ΔE 30.7
Nearest named CSS colourDark orchid (#9932CC)ΔE 8.07, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#6FE139
Analogous#5739E1, #E139C3
Triadic#E1AB39, #39E1AB
Split complementary#C3E139, #39E157
Tetradic#E15739, #6FE139, #39C3E1

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F6EAFC
Lighter +30%#E3BEF5
Lighter +20%#D192EE
Lighter +10%#BE65E8
Darker −10%#921EC9
Darker −20%#72189C
Darker −30%#511170
Darker −40%#310A44
More saturated +25%#B51DFE
Less saturated −25%#A156C5

Channel breakdown

R171
G57
B225
Red171 (67.1%)
Green57 (22.4%)
Blue225 (88.2%)
Hue280.71°
Saturation (HSL)73.68%
Lightness55.29%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AB · G 39 · B E1

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