#AB38D9#AB38D9

#AB38D9 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.238 H 314.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB38D9
RGB	rgb(171, 56, 217)
HSL	hsl(283, 68%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(283, 74%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.2%, 74.2%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.62, 68.95, -60.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.62, 91.79, 318.69°)
OKLab	oklab(57.92% 0.1659 -0.1711)
OKLCH	oklch(57.92% 0.238 314.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.7310, 16.4971, 67.1976)
Luminance	0.1650 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB38D9 #66D938

analogous

#5A38D9 #AB38D9 #D938B6

triadic

#AB38D9 #D9AB38 #38D9AB

tetradic

#AB38D9 #D95A38 #66D938 #38B6D9

square

#AB38D9 #D95A38 #66D938 #38B6D9

split-complementary

#AB38D9 #B6D938 #38D95A

monochromatic

#61187E #8922B2 #AB38D9 #C16BE3 #D69FED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.88

#AB38D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.30

#AB38D9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AB38D9

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB38D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AB38D9	1.00	4.88	4.30	4.88
#FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006BDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2C74D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A75C86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab38d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 56, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.238 314.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c97ae6',
    500: '#ab38d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab38d9;
$custom-light: #c97ae6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab38d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.857,
    "s": 67.932,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57919,
    "c": 0.23829,
    "h": 314.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16496
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB38D9

secondary

#A8D994

accent

#EB3D6F

background

#FCF7FE

surface

#F9EEFC

border

#D2C9D5

text

#140A16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB38D9

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

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