#AB38B1#AB38B1

#AB38B1 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.147; OKLCH L 55.4% C 0.204 H 325.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB38B1
RGB	rgb(171, 56, 177)
HSL	hsl(297, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(297, 68%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.4%, 68.4%, 0%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.17, 61.52, -41.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.17, 74.10, 326.11°)
OKLab	oklab(55.39% 0.1688 -0.1147)
OKLCH	oklch(55.39% 0.204 325.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.1440, 14.6623, 43.0395)
Luminance	0.1466 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB38B1 #3EB138

analogous

#6E38B1 #AB38B1 #B1387A

triadic

#AB38B1 #B1AB38 #38B1AB

tetradic

#AB38B1 #B16E38 #3EB138 #387AB1

square

#AB38B1 #B16E38 #3EB138 #387AB1

split-complementary

#AB38B1 #7AB138 #38B16E

monochromatic

#511B54 #7E2983 #AB38B1 #C65BCB #D68ADA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.34

#AB38B1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.93

#AB38B1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AB38B1

5.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB38B1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AB38B1	1.00	5.34	3.93	5.34
#FFFFFF	5.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1F62B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5270AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF4B70

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab38b1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 56, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.4% 0.204 325.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c779c9',
    500: '#ab38b1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab38b1;
$custom-light: #c779c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab38b1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297.025,
    "s": 51.931,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55386,
    "c": 0.20404,
    "h": 325.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.14661
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB38B1

secondary

#84C481

accent

#DB4C54

background

#FCF7FC

surface

#F9EEF8

border

#D2C9D1

text

#130A13

muted

#827C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB38B1

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

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