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Recognised as Colour

#AB3AE3

  • #AB3AE3
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark orchid

#AB3AE3 is a violet with RGB values 171, 58, 227 and HSL 280°, 75%, 56%. 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 orchid.

Colour values

#AB3AE3#AB3AE3
HEX#AB3AE3
RGBrgb(171, 58, 227)
RGB (0–1)0.6706, 0.2275, 0.8902
RGB percentages67.1%, 22.7%, 89%
HSLhsl(280.1, 75.1%, 55.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(280.1, 74.4%, 89%)
CMYK24.7%, 74.4%, 0%, 11%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,221,731
CSS custom property--colour: #AB3AE3;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.1723WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness128.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.72:1
Contrast with white4.72:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.45:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#5E5E5E
Inverted#54C51C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#006EE8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 49.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#1B75DFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 56.1 from the original
Tritanopia#A4618Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 63.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.72:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.45:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark orchid · ΔE 8.6Blue violet · ΔE 11.8Dark violet · ΔE 12.2Medium orchid · ΔE 21.3Medium slateblue · ΔE 29.4Fuchsia · ΔE 30.6
Nearest named CSS colourDark orchid (#9932CC)ΔE 8.62, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#72E33A
Analogous#573AE3, #E33AC6
Triadic#E3AB3A, #3AE3AB
Split complementary#C6E33A, #3AE357
Tetradic#E3573A, #72E33A, #3AC6E3

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F7EDFC
Lighter +30%#E4C0F6
Lighter +20%#D193F0
Lighter +10%#BE67E9
Darker −10%#931DCD
Darker −20%#7317A0
Darker −30%#531074
Darker −40%#330A47
More saturated +25%#B41EFF
Less saturated −25%#A256C7

Channel breakdown

R171
G58
B227
Red171 (67.1%)
Green58 (22.7%)
Blue227 (89%)
Hue280.12°
Saturation (HSL)75.11%
Lightness55.88%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AB · G 3A · B E3

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