#AB38D7#AB38D7

#AB38D7 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.237 H 314.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB38D7
RGB	rgb(171, 56, 215)
HSL	hsl(283, 67%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(283, 74%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.5%, 74%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.49, 68.56, -59.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.49, 90.88, 318.97°)
OKLab	oklab(57.78% 0.1662 -0.1683)
OKLCH	oklch(57.78% 0.237 314.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.4725, 16.3937, 65.8359)
Luminance	0.1639 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB38D7 #64D738

analogous

#5B38D7 #AB38D7 #D738B4

triadic

#AB38D7 #D7AB38 #38D7AB

tetradic

#AB38D7 #D75B38 #64D738 #38B4D7

square

#AB38D7 #D75B38 #64D738 #38B4D7

split-complementary

#AB38D7 #B4D738 #38D75B

monochromatic

#60197C #8823AF #AB38D7 #C16BE1 #D69EEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.91

#AB38D7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.28

#AB38D7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AB38D7

4.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB38D7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AB38D7	1.00	4.91	4.28	4.91
#FFFFFF	4.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006ADB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2F73D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A75B85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab38d7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 56, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.237 314.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c97ae4',
    500: '#ab38d7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab38d7;
$custom-light: #c97ae4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab38d7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.396,
    "s": 66.527,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57782,
    "c": 0.23655,
    "h": 314.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16393
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB38D7

secondary

#A6D893

accent

#E93E6E

background

#FCF7FE

surface

#F9EEFC

border

#D2C9D5

text

#140A16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB38D7

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

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