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Recognised as Colour

#AB56CA

  • #AB56CA
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium orchid

#AB56CA is a violet with RGB values 171, 86, 202 and HSL 284°, 52%, 56%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium orchid.

Colour values

#AB56CA#AB56CA
HEX#AB56CA
RGBrgb(171, 86, 202)
RGB (0–1)0.6706, 0.3373, 0.7922
RGB percentages67.1%, 33.7%, 79.2%
HSLhsl(284, 52.3%, 56.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(284, 57.4%, 79.2%)
CMYK15.3%, 57.4%, 0%, 20.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,228,874
CSS custom property--colour: #AB56CA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.19578WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness133.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.92:1
Contrast with white4.27:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black4.92:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#707070
Inverted#54A935

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#3875CEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 42.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#577DC7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 44.5 from the original
Tritanopia#A96988no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 45.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.27:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text4.92:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium orchid · ΔE 6.6Orchid · ΔE 16.5Medium purple · ΔE 17.1Dark orchid · ΔE 20.2Violet · ΔE 20.8Rebecca purple · ΔE 21.1
Nearest named CSS colourMedium orchid (#BA55D3)ΔE 6.6, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#75CA56
Analogous#7156CA, #CA56AF
Triadic#CAAB56, #56CAAB
Split complementary#AFCA56, #56CA71
Tetradic#CA7156, #75CA56, #56AFCA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F8F1FB
Lighter +30%#E5CAEF
Lighter +20%#D2A4E2
Lighter +10%#BE7DD6
Darker −10%#9339B4
Darker −20%#742C8E
Darker −30%#542067
Darker −40%#341440
More saturated +25%#B83AE6
Less saturated −25%#9E72AE

Channel breakdown

R171
G86
B202
Red171 (67.1%)
Green86 (33.7%)
Blue202 (79.2%)
Hue283.97°
Saturation (HSL)52.25%
Lightness56.47%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AB · G 56 · B CA

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