Close to Electric Purple
#AB0CED
#AB0CED is a mid-tone, vivid purple, close to the color Electric Purple. In RGB it’s made of 67.1% red, 4.7% green, and 92.9% blue. Its hue is 282°, with 90% saturation and 49% lightness, so it reads as a cool color. White text sits best on top of it.
Color codes
Tints, shades & tones
Tints add white, shades add black, tones add gray. Tap any one to open its page.
Tints
Shades
Tones
Color harmonies
Combinations from the color wheel, built around #AB0CED.
Split complementary
The two neighbors of the complement: contrast that’s easier to balance.
Open in the palette builder →Tetradic
Two complementary pairs: rich, best with one color in charge.
Open in the palette builder →Contrast & readability
WCAG contrast ratios for text. 4.5:1 is the minimum for body text, 3:1 for large text.
White text on this color
5.24:1 AABlack text on this color
4.01:1 AA LargeThis color as text on white
5.24:1 AAThis color as text on black
4.01:1 AA LargeHow it looks with color blindness
About 1 in 12 men and 1 in 200 women see color differently. Here’s #AB0CED as they’d see it.
#AB0CED in use
A headline in this color
Body text stays dark for reading; the color carries buttons, links, and accents.
On a dark background
Get startedSimilar colors
Questions about #AB0CED
What color is #AB0CED?
#AB0CED is a mid-tone, vivid purple, close to the color Electric Purple. In RGB it’s made of 67.1% red, 4.7% green, and 92.9% blue. Its hue is 282°, with 90% saturation and 49% lightness, so it reads as a cool color. White text sits best on top of it.
What is #AB0CED in RGB?
#AB0CED is rgb(171, 12, 237): 171 red, 12 green, and 237 blue on a 0–255 scale.
What is #AB0CED in CMYK?
Roughly cmyk(28, 95, 0, 7). Print results depend on paper and press, so proof it before a big print run.
What Pantone is closest to #AB0CED?
PANTONE 2592 C is the closest match in our list. Screen colors and ink never match perfectly; check a physical Pantone guide.
What color goes with #AB0CED?
Its complement #247D01 gives the strongest contrast. For something calmer, try its analogous neighbors, or its own tints and shades above.