#AB37DB#AB37DB

#AB37DB is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.241 H 313.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB37DB
RGB	rgb(171, 55, 219)
HSL	hsl(282, 69%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(282, 75%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.9%, 74.9%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.63, 69.70, -61.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.63, 93.09, 318.48°)
OKLab	oklab(57.97% 0.1665 -0.1744)
OKLCH	oklch(57.97% 0.241 313.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.9447, 16.5058, 68.5600)
Luminance	0.1651 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB37DB #67DB37

analogous

#5937DB #AB37DB #DB37B9

triadic

#AB37DB #DBAB37 #37DBAB

tetradic

#AB37DB #DB5937 #67DB37 #37B9DB

square

#AB37DB #DB5937 #67DB37 #37B9DB

split-complementary

#AB37DB #B9DB37 #37DB59

monochromatic

#621780 #8920B4 #AB37DB #C16BE4 #D79FEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.88

#AB37DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.30

#AB37DB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AB37DB

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB37DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AB37DB	1.00	4.88	4.30	4.88
#FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006BE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2874D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A65C87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab37db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 55, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.241 313.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c97ae7',
    500: '#ab37db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab37db;
$custom-light: #c97ae7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab37db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.439,
    "s": 69.492,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57969,
    "c": 0.24107,
    "h": 313.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16505
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB37DB

secondary

#A8DA94

accent

#EC3B6F

background

#FCF7FE

surface

#F9EEFD

border

#D2C9D5

text

#140A16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB37DB

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

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