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Recognised as Colour

#AB8BAE

  • #AB8BAE
  • Magenta
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Thistle

#AB8BAE is a magenta with RGB values 171, 139, 174 and HSL 295°, 18%, 61%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Thistle.

Colour values

#AB8BAE#AB8BAE
HEX#AB8BAE
RGBrgb(171, 139, 174)
RGB (0–1)0.6706, 0.5451, 0.6824
RGB percentages67.1%, 54.5%, 68.2%
HSLhsl(294.9, 17.8%, 61.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(294.9, 20.1%, 68.2%)
CMYK1.7%, 20.1%, 0%, 31.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,242,414
CSS custom property--colour: #AB8BAE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.30179WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness153.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.04:1
Contrast with white2.98:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.04:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#949494
Inverted#547451

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8893AFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 16.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#8F97ADno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 16.6 from the original
Tritanopia#AD8E97no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 14.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.98:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.04:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Thistle · ΔE 19.5Plum · ΔE 20Rosy brown · ΔE 20.5Light slate grey · ΔE 21.6Slate grey · ΔE 22.6Dark grey · ΔE 24.2
Nearest named CSS colourThistle (#D8BFD8)ΔE 19.53, a distinctly different colour
Hue familymagenta
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#8EAE8B
Analogous#9A8BAE, #AE8BA0
Triadic#AEAB8B, #8BAEAB
Split complementary#A0AE8B, #8BAE9A
Tetradic#AE9A8B, #8EAE8B, #8BA0AE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#ECE5ED
Lighter +20%#D6C7D8
Lighter +10%#C1A9C3
Darker −10%#956D99
Darker −20%#79577C
Darker −30%#5C425E
Darker −40%#3F2D40
More saturated +25%#BF72C7
Less saturated −25%#9D9D9D

Channel breakdown

R171
G139
B174
Red171 (67.1%)
Green139 (54.5%)
Blue174 (68.2%)
Hue294.86°
Saturation (HSL)17.77%
Lightness61.37%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AB · G 8B · B AE

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