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Recognised as Colour

#AB96B5

  • #AB96B5
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Thistle

#AB96B5 is a violet with RGB values 171, 150, 181 and HSL 281°, 17%, 65%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Thistle.

Colour values

#AB96B5#AB96B5
HEX#AB96B5
RGBrgb(171, 150, 181)
RGB (0–1)0.6706, 0.5882, 0.7098
RGB percentages67.1%, 58.8%, 71%
HSLhsl(280.6, 17.3%, 64.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(280.6, 17.1%, 71%)
CMYK5.5%, 17.1%, 0%, 29%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,245,237
CSS custom property--colour: #AB96B5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.33807WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness160.3 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#9D9D9D
Inverted#54694A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#929CB6no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 11.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#969EB4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 11.8 from the original
Tritanopia#AB99A0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.3 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

Thistle · ΔE 15.8Light slate grey · ΔE 18.3Dark grey · ΔE 19.5Slate grey · ΔE 19.9Rosy brown · ΔE 20.2Light steelblue · ΔE 20.3
Nearest named CSS colourThistle (#D8BFD8)ΔE 15.79, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A0B596
Analogous#9B96B5, #B596B0
Triadic#B5AB96, #96B5AB
Split complementary#B0B596, #96B59C
Tetradic#B59B96, #A0B596, #96B0B5

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F3F0F4
Lighter +20%#DBD2DF
Lighter +10%#C3B4CA
Darker −10%#9378A0
Darker −20%#7A5F86
Darker −30%#5E4A68
Darker −40%#43354A
More saturated +25%#B380CB
Less saturated −25%#A6A6A6

Channel breakdown

R171
G150
B181
Red171 (67.1%)
Green150 (58.8%)
Blue181 (71%)
Hue280.65°
Saturation (HSL)17.32%
Lightness64.9%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AB · G 96 · B B5

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