#AB37D3#AB37D3

#AB37D3 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.234 H 315.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB37D3
RGB	rgb(171, 55, 211)
HSL	hsl(285, 64%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(285, 74%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(19%, 73.9%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.10, 68.14, -58.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.10, 89.48, 319.60°)
OKLab	oklab(57.42% 0.1676 -0.1634)
OKLCH	oklch(57.42% 0.234 315.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.9168, 16.0946, 63.1461)
Luminance	0.1609 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB37D3 #5FD337

analogous

#5D37D3 #AB37D3 #D337AD

triadic

#AB37D3 #D3AB37 #37D3AB

tetradic

#AB37D3 #D35D37 #5FD337 #37ADD3

square

#AB37D3 #D35D37 #5FD337 #37ADD3

split-complementary

#AB37D3 #ADD337 #37D35D

monochromatic

#5E1A76 #8625A8 #AB37D3 #C069DE #D59BE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.98

#AB37D3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.22

#AB37D3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AB37D3

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB37D3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AB37D3	1.00	4.98	4.22	4.98
#FFFFFF	4.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0069D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3473D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A85983

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab37d3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 55, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.234 315.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c879e1',
    500: '#ab37d3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab37d3;
$custom-light: #c879e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab37d3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.615,
    "s": 63.934,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57423,
    "c": 0.23411,
    "h": 315.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16093
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB37D3

secondary

#A2D591

accent

#E7416B

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F9EEFB

border

#D2C9D4

text

#140A15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB37D3

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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