#AB37E5#AB37E5

#AB37E5 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.250 H 311.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB37E5
RGB	rgb(171, 55, 229)
HSL	hsl(280, 77%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(280, 76%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.3%, 76%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.32, 71.68, -66.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.32, 97.63, 317.24°)
OKLab	oklab(58.67% 0.1648 -0.1878)
OKLCH	oklch(58.67% 0.25 311.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.3009, 17.0483, 75.7026)
Luminance	0.1705 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB37E5 #71E537

analogous

#5437E5 #AB37E5 #E537C8

triadic

#AB37E5 #E5AB37 #37E5AB

tetradic

#AB37E5 #E55437 #71E537 #37C8E5

square

#AB37E5 #E55437 #71E537 #37C8E5

split-complementary

#AB37E5 #C8E537 #37E554

monochromatic

#66138F #8C1AC5 #AB37E5 #C26DEC #D8A3F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.76

#AB37E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.41

#AB37E5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AB37E5

4.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB37E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AB37E5	1.00	4.76	4.41	4.76
#FFFFFF	4.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006DEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0C75E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3618D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab37e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 55, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.250 311.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c97aee',
    500: '#ab37e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab37e5;
$custom-light: #c97aee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab37e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280,
    "s": 76.991,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58673,
    "c": 0.24983,
    "h": 311.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.17047
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB37E5

secondary

#B0E098

accent

#F43474

background

#FCF7FE

surface

#F9EEFD

border

#D2C9D5

text

#140A16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB37E5

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

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