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Recognised as Colour

#AB7BDD

  • #AB7BDD
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium purple

#AB7BDD is a violet with RGB values 171, 123, 221 and HSL 269°, 59%, 67%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium purple.

Colour values

#AB7BDD#AB7BDD
HEX#AB7BDD
RGBrgb(171, 123, 221)
RGB (0–1)0.6706, 0.4824, 0.8667
RGB percentages67.1%, 48.2%, 86.7%
HSLhsl(269.4, 59%, 67.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(269.4, 44.3%, 86.7%)
CMYK22.6%, 44.3%, 0%, 13.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,238,365
CSS custom property--colour: #AB7BDD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.28044WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness152.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.61:1
Contrast with white3.18:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.61:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#8C8C8C
Inverted#548422

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#628FE1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 29.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#6E91DAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 29.8 from the original
Tritanopia#A38BA1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 42.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.18:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.61:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 8.5Orchid · ΔE 20Slate blue · ΔE 20.7Violet · ΔE 22.1Medium orchid · ΔE 22.8Medium slateblue · ΔE 23.8
Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 8.51, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#ADDD7B
Analogous#7B7CDD, #DC7BDD
Triadic#DDAB7B, #7BDDAB
Split complementary#DDDC7B, #7CDD7B
Tetradic#DD7B7C, #ADDD7B, #7BDDDC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F8F5FC
Lighter +20%#DFCCF2
Lighter +10%#C5A4E7
Darker −10%#9152D3
Darker −20%#7832C0
Darker −30%#5E2798
Darker −40%#451D6F
More saturated +25%#AB66F2
Less saturated −25%#AB90C8

Channel breakdown

R171
G123
B221
Red171 (67.1%)
Green123 (48.2%)
Blue221 (86.7%)
Hue269.39°
Saturation (HSL)59.04%
Lightness67.45%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AB · G 7B · B DD

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