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Recognised as Colour

#AB51FF

  • #AB51FF
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#AB51FF is a violet with RGB values 171, 81, 255 and HSL 271°, 100%, 66%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.4:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#AB51FF#AB51FF
HEX#AB51FF
RGBrgb(171, 81, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.6706, 0.3176, 1
RGB percentages67.1%, 31.8%, 100%
HSLhsl(271, 100%, 65.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(271, 68.2%, 100%)
CMYK32.9%, 68.2%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,227,647
CSS custom property--colour: #AB51FF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.21763WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness141.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.35:1
Contrast with white3.92:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.35:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#717171
Inverted#54AE00

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#007FFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 47.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#0080FBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 49.7 from the original
Tritanopia#9B79A2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 71.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.92:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.35:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 12.3Dark orchid · ΔE 15.9Dark violet · ΔE 17.1Medium orchid · ΔE 25.8Medium slateblue · ΔE 26.7Fuchsia · ΔE 33.9
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 12.27, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A5FF51
Analogous#5451FF, #FF51FC
Triadic#FFAB51, #51FFAB
Split complementary#FCFF51, #51FF54
Tetradic#FF5451, #A5FF51, #51FCFF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F5EAFF
Lighter +20%#DCB7FF
Lighter +10%#C484FF
Darker −10%#921EFF
Darker −20%#7900EA
Darker −30%#5F00B7
Darker −40%#440084
More saturated +25%#AB51FF
Less saturated −25%#AA67E9

Channel breakdown

R171
G81
B255
Red171 (67.1%)
Green81 (31.8%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue271.03°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness65.88%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AB · G 51 · B FF

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