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Recognised as Colour

#AB96C6

  • #AB96C6
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Plum

#AB96C6 is a violet with RGB values 171, 150, 198 and HSL 266°, 30%, 68%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

#AB96C6#AB96C6
HEX#AB96C6
RGBrgb(171, 150, 198)
RGB (0–1)0.6706, 0.5882, 0.7765
RGB percentages67.1%, 58.8%, 77.6%
HSLhsl(266.3, 29.6%, 68.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(266.3, 24.2%, 77.6%)
CMYK13.6%, 24.2%, 0%, 22.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,245,254
CSS custom property--colour: #AB96C6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.34548WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness162.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.91:1
Contrast with white2.66:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.91:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9E9E9E
Inverted#546939

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8D9EC8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 13.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#919FC5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 13.6 from the original
Tritanopia#A79DA7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 21.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.66:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.91:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 17.3Thistle · ΔE 19.8Light steelblue · ΔE 23.6Light slate grey · ΔE 24.1Slate grey · ΔE 25.6Steel blue · ΔE 26.9
Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 17.33, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B1C696
Analogous#9699C6, #C396C6
Triadic#C6AB96, #96C6AB
Split complementary#C6C396, #99C696
Tetradic#C69699, #B1C696, #96C6C3

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FAF9FC
Lighter +20%#E0D8EA
Lighter +10%#C5B7D8
Darker −10%#9175B4
Darker −20%#76579F
Darker −30%#5E457E
Darker −40%#45335D
More saturated +25%#A882DA
Less saturated −25%#AEAAB2

Channel breakdown

R171
G150
B198
Red171 (67.1%)
Green150 (58.8%)
Blue198 (77.6%)
Hue266.25°
Saturation (HSL)29.63%
Lightness68.24%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AB · G 96 · B C6

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