#AB38B6#AB38B6

#AB38B6 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.149; OKLCH L 55.7% C 0.208 H 324.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB38B6
RGB	rgb(171, 56, 182)
HSL	hsl(295, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(295, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(6%, 69.2%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.45, 62.40, -43.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.45, 76.24, 324.93°)
OKLab	oklab(55.68% 0.1687 -0.1219)
OKLCH	oklch(55.68% 0.208 324.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.6515, 14.8653, 45.7124)
Luminance	0.1486 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB38B6 #43B638

analogous

#6C38B6 #AB38B6 #B63882

triadic

#AB38B6 #B6AB38 #38B6AB

tetradic

#AB38B6 #B66C38 #43B638 #3882B6

square

#AB38B6 #B66C38 #43B638 #3882B6

split-complementary

#AB38B6 #82B638 #38B66C

monochromatic

#531B58 #7F2A87 #AB38B6 #C45ECD #D58DDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.29

#AB38B6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.97

#AB38B6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AB38B6

5.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB38B6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AB38B6	1.00	5.29	3.97	5.29
#FFFFFF	5.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1663BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E70B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE4D73

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab38b6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 56, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.7% 0.208 324.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c879cc',
    500: '#ab38b6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab38b6;
$custom-light: #c879cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab38b6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294.762,
    "s": 52.941,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55679,
    "c": 0.20819,
    "h": 324.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.14864
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB38B6

secondary

#89C684

accent

#DC4B58

background

#FCF7FC

surface

#F9EEF9

border

#D2C9D2

text

#140A13

muted

#827C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB38B6

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

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