#AB38D4#AB38D4

#AB38D4 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.234 H 315.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB38D4
RGB	rgb(171, 56, 212)
HSL	hsl(284, 64%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(284, 74%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.3%, 73.6%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.29, 67.98, -58.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.29, 89.53, 319.40°)
OKLab	oklab(57.58% 0.1666 -0.1642)
OKLCH	oklch(57.58% 0.234 315.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.0905, 16.2409, 63.8243)
Luminance	0.1624 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB38D4 #61D438

analogous

#5D38D4 #AB38D4 #D438AF

triadic

#AB38D4 #D4AB38 #38D4AB

tetradic

#AB38D4 #D45D38 #61D438 #38AFD4

square

#AB38D4 #D45D38 #61D438 #38AFD4

split-complementary

#AB38D4 #AFD438 #38D45D

monochromatic

#5F1A78 #8725AA #AB38D4 #C06ADF #D59DEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.94

#AB38D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.25

#AB38D4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AB38D4

4.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB38D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AB38D4	1.00	4.94	4.25	4.94
#FFFFFF	4.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006AD8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3373D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A85A84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab38d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 56, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.234 315.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c87ae2',
    500: '#ab38d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab38d4;
$custom-light: #c87ae2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab38d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.231,
    "s": 64.463,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57579,
    "c": 0.23392,
    "h": 315.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.1624
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB38D4

secondary

#A4D692

accent

#E7406C

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F9EEFB

border

#D2C9D4

text

#140A15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB38D4

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

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