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Recognised as Colour

#AB40EB

  • #AB40EB
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark orchid

#AB40EB is a violet with RGB values 171, 64, 235 and HSL 278°, 81%, 59%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark orchid.

Colour values

#AB40EB#AB40EB
HEX#AB40EB
RGBrgb(171, 64, 235)
RGB (0–1)0.6706, 0.251, 0.9216
RGB percentages67.1%, 25.1%, 92.2%
HSLhsl(277.5, 81%, 58.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(277.5, 72.8%, 92.2%)
CMYK27.2%, 72.8%, 0%, 7.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,223,275
CSS custom property--colour: #AB40EB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.18323WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness132.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.66:1
Contrast with white4.5:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.66:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#636363
Inverted#54BF14

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0072F0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 47.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#0E78E7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 54.9 from the original
Tritanopia#A16893no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 66.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.5:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.66:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark orchid · ΔE 10.6Blue violet · ΔE 10.8Dark violet · ΔE 12.7Medium orchid · ΔE 22.7Medium slateblue · ΔE 28.7Fuchsia · ΔE 31.1
Nearest named CSS colourDark orchid (#9932CC)ΔE 10.57, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#80EB40
Analogous#5640EB, #EB40D5
Triadic#EBAB40, #40EBAB
Split complementary#D6EB40, #40EB55
Tetradic#EB5540, #80EB40, #40D5EB

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FCF9FE
Lighter +30%#E8CAFA
Lighter +20%#D49CF5
Lighter +10%#BF6EF0
Darker −10%#9518E0
Darker −20%#7713B2
Darker −30%#580E84
Darker −40%#390956
More saturated +25%#B02CFF
Less saturated −25%#A45AD1

Channel breakdown

R171
G64
B235
Red171 (67.1%)
Green64 (25.1%)
Blue235 (92.2%)
Hue277.54°
Saturation (HSL)81.04%
Lightness58.63%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AB · G 40 · B EB

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