Recognised as Colour

#AB5ED0

#AB5ED0
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Medium orchid

#AB5ED0 is a violet with RGB values 171, 94, 208 and HSL 281°, 55%, 59%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.2:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium orchid.

Colour values

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HEX#AB5ED0

RGBrgb(171, 94, 208)

RGB (0–1)0.6706, 0.3686, 0.8157

RGB percentages67.1%, 36.9%, 81.6%

HSLhsl(280.5, 54.8%, 59.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(280.5, 54.8%, 81.6%)

CMYK17.8%, 54.8%, 0%, 18.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,230,928

CSS custom property--colour: #AB5ED0;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.21217WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness137.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.24:1

Contrast with white4:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.24:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#777777

Inverted#54A12F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#407BD4no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 40.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#5A81CDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 41.6 from the original

Tritanopia#A8718Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 46.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text4:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.24:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium orchid · ΔE 8.8 Medium purple · ΔE 14 Orchid · ΔE 16.3 Slate blue · ΔE 19.8 Violet · ΔE 20.1 Medium slateblue · ΔE 21

Nearest named CSS colourMedium orchid (#BA55D3)ΔE 8.85, clearly different but related

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#83D05E

Analogous#725ED0, #D05EBC

Triadic#D0AB5E, #5ED0AB

Split complementary#BCD05E, #5ED072

Tetradic#D0725E, #83D05E, #5EBCD0

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FDFCFE

Lighter +30%#E9D4F3

Lighter +20%#D4ADE7

Lighter +10%#C085DC

Darker −10%#9639C2

Darker −20%#772D9B

Darker −30%#592273

Darker −40%#3A164C

More saturated +25%#B444EA

Less saturated −25%#A278B6

Channel breakdown

R171

G94

B208

Red171 (67.1%)

Green94 (36.9%)

Blue208 (81.6%)

Hue280.53°

Saturation (HSL)54.81%

Lightness59.22%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR AB · G 5E · B D0

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