#AB40BC#AB40BC

#AB40BC is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.160; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.203 H 321.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB40BC
RGB	rgb(171, 64, 188)
HSL	hsl(292, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(292, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(9%, 66%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.92, 60.32, -44.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.92, 75.24, 323.29°)
OKLab	oklab(56.85% 0.1601 -0.1254)
OKLCH	oklch(56.85% 0.203 321.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.7041, 15.9570, 49.1880)
Luminance	0.1596 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB40BC #51BC40

analogous

#6D40BC #AB40BC #BC408F

triadic

#AB40BC #BCAB40 #40BCAB

tetradic

#AB40BC #BC6D40 #51BC40 #408FBC

square

#AB40BC #BC6D40 #51BC40 #408FBC

split-complementary

#AB40BC #8FBC40 #40BC6D

monochromatic

#582161 #81308E #AB40BC #C06CCD #D39ADD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.01

#AB40BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.19

#AB40BC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AB40BC

5.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB40BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AB40BC	1.00	5.01	4.19	5.01
#FFFFFF	5.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1E67C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F73B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD5579

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab40bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 64, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.203 321.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c77dd1',
    500: '#ab40bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab40bc;
$custom-light: #c77dd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab40bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.774,
    "s": 49.206,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56845,
    "c": 0.20334,
    "h": 321.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.15956
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB40BC

secondary

#97C98F

accent

#D94F62

background

#FCF7FC

surface

#F9EEF9

border

#D2C9D2

text

#130A14

muted

#827C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB40BC

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

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