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Recognised as Colour

#AB79B7

  • #AB79B7
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Plum

#AB79B7 is a violet with RGB values 171, 121, 183 and HSL 288°, 30%, 60%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.2:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

#AB79B7#AB79B7
HEX#AB79B7
RGBrgb(171, 121, 183)
RGB (0–1)0.6706, 0.4745, 0.7176
RGB percentages67.1%, 47.5%, 71.8%
HSLhsl(288.4, 30.1%, 59.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(288.4, 33.9%, 71.8%)
CMYK6.6%, 33.9%, 0%, 28.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,237,815
CSS custom property--colour: #AB79B7;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.25752WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness145.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.15:1
Contrast with white3.41:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.15:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#888888
Inverted#548648

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#7187B9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 25.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#7D8DB5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 26.7 from the original
Tritanopia#AC8090no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 25.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.41:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.15:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 16Medium purple · ΔE 26Orchid · ΔE 27.1Pale violetred · ΔE 29.7Violet · ΔE 30.9Dark slateblue · ΔE 32.2
Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 16.02, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#85B779
Analogous#8C79B7, #B779A4
Triadic#B7AB79, #79B7AB
Split complementary#A4B779, #79B78C
Tetradic#B78C79, #85B779, #79A4B7

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FEFEFE
Lighter +30%#E9DDEC
Lighter +20%#D5BBDB
Lighter +10%#C09AC9
Darker −10%#9658A5
Darker −20%#784783
Darker −30%#593562
Darker −40%#3B2341
More saturated +25%#BB5FD1
Less saturated −25%#9B939D

Channel breakdown

R171
G121
B183
Red171 (67.1%)
Green121 (47.5%)
Blue183 (71.8%)
Hue288.39°
Saturation (HSL)30.1%
Lightness59.61%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AB · G 79 · B B7

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