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Recognised as Colour

#AB89CB

  • #AB89CB
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Plum

#AB89CB is a violet with RGB values 171, 137, 203 and HSL 271°, 39%, 67%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

#AB89CB#AB89CB
HEX#AB89CB
RGBrgb(171, 137, 203)
RGB (0–1)0.6706, 0.5373, 0.7961
RGB percentages67.1%, 53.7%, 79.6%
HSLhsl(270.9, 38.8%, 66.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(270.9, 32.5%, 79.6%)
CMYK15.8%, 32.5%, 0%, 20.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,241,931
CSS custom property--colour: #AB89CB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.30861WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness156.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.17:1
Contrast with white2.93:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.17:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#959595
Inverted#547634

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#7C95CEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 20.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#8397C9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 20.6 from the original
Tritanopia#A792A1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 28.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.93:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.17:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 14.9Medium purple · ΔE 24.8Cornflower blue · ΔE 25.8Thistle · ΔE 29.5Orchid · ΔE 30.1Steel blue · ΔE 31.4
Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 14.9, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A9CB89
Analogous#8A89CB, #CB89CA
Triadic#CBAB89, #89CBAB
Split complementary#CACB89, #89CB8A
Tetradic#CB8A89, #A9CB89, #89CACB

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F7F3FA
Lighter +20%#DDD0EA
Lighter +10%#C4ACDB
Darker −10%#9266BB
Darker −20%#7849A5
Darker −30%#5F3982
Darker −40%#452A5E
More saturated +25%#AC74E0
Less saturated −25%#AA9EB6

Channel breakdown

R171
G137
B203
Red171 (67.1%)
Green137 (53.7%)
Blue203 (79.6%)
Hue270.91°
Saturation (HSL)38.82%
Lightness66.67%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AB · G 89 · B CB

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