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Recognised as Colour

#AB8FE2

  • #AB8FE2
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium purple

#AB8FE2 is a violet with RGB values 171, 143, 226 and HSL 260°, 59%, 72%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium purple.

Colour values

#AB8FE2#AB8FE2
HEX#AB8FE2
RGBrgb(171, 143, 226)
RGB (0–1)0.6706, 0.5608, 0.8863
RGB percentages67.1%, 56.1%, 88.6%
HSLhsl(260.2, 58.9%, 72.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(260.2, 36.7%, 88.6%)
CMYK24.3%, 36.7%, 0%, 11.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,243,490
CSS custom property--colour: #AB8FE2;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.33794WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness163 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.76:1
Contrast with white2.71:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.76:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9B9B9B
Inverted#54701D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#7A9DE5no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 20.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#7F9DE0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 20.7 from the original
Tritanopia#A19DAEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 37.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.71:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.76:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 17.9Plum · ΔE 19.2Cornflower blue · ΔE 21.4Orchid · ΔE 28.1Slate blue · ΔE 28.8Violet · ΔE 29.3
Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 17.91, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C6E28F
Analogous#8F9CE2, #D48FE2
Triadic#E2AB8F, #8FE2AB
Split complementary#E2D48F, #9CE28F
Tetradic#E28F9C, #C6E28F, #8FE2D4

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E8E0F7
Lighter +10%#C9B8EC
Darker −10%#8D66D8
Darker −20%#6E3ECD
Darker −30%#572CAC
Darker −40%#432283
More saturated +25%#A57DF4
Less saturated −25%#B1A1D0

Channel breakdown

R171
G143
B226
Red171 (67.1%)
Green143 (56.1%)
Blue226 (88.6%)
Hue260.24°
Saturation (HSL)58.87%
Lightness72.35%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AB · G 8F · B E2

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