#AB38D3#AB38D3

#AB38D3 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.233 H 315.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB38D3
RGB	rgb(171, 56, 211)
HSL	hsl(285, 64%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(285, 73%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(19%, 73.5%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.22, 67.78, -57.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.22, 89.08, 319.55°)
OKLab	oklab(57.51% 0.1667 -0.1629)
OKLCH	oklch(57.51% 0.233 315.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.9648, 16.1906, 63.1621)
Luminance	0.1619 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB38D3 #60D338

analogous

#5D38D3 #AB38D3 #D338AE

triadic

#AB38D3 #D3AB38 #38D3AB

tetradic

#AB38D3 #D35D38 #60D338 #38AED3

square

#AB38D3 #D35D38 #60D338 #38AED3

split-complementary

#AB38D3 #AED338 #38D35D

monochromatic

#5F1A76 #8725A9 #AB38D3 #C06ADE #D59CE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.96

#AB38D3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.24

#AB38D3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AB38D3

4.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB38D3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AB38D3	1.00	4.96	4.24	4.96
#FFFFFF	4.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0069D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3573D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A85983

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab38d3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 56, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.233 315.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c87ae1',
    500: '#ab38d3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab38d3;
$custom-light: #c87ae1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab38d3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.516,
    "s": 63.786,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57512,
    "c": 0.23305,
    "h": 315.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16189
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB38D3

secondary

#A3D592

accent

#E7416C

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F9EEFB

border

#D2C9D4

text

#140A15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB38D3

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

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