#AB40BE#AB40BE

#AB40BE is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.160; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.205 H 321.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB40BE
RGB	rgb(171, 64, 190)
HSL	hsl(291, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(291, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(10%, 66.3%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.03, 60.69, -45.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.03, 76.13, 322.86°)
OKLab	oklab(56.96% 0.16 -0.1283)
OKLCH	oklch(56.96% 0.205 321.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.9212, 16.0439, 50.3313)
Luminance	0.1604 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB40BE #53BE40

analogous

#6C40BE #AB40BE #BE4092

triadic

#AB40BE #BEAB40 #40BEAB

tetradic

#AB40BE #BE6C40 #53BE40 #4092BE

square

#AB40BE #BE6C40 #53BE40 #4092BE

split-complementary

#AB40BE #92BE40 #40BE6C

monochromatic

#592162 #823190 #AB40BE #BF6DCE #D39BDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.99

#AB40BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.21

#AB40BE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AB40BE

4.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB40BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AB40BE	1.00	4.99	4.21	4.99
#FFFFFF	4.99	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.99	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1A68C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E73BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD557A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab40be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 64, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.205 321.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c77dd2',
    500: '#ab40be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab40be;
$custom-light: #c77dd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab40be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.952,
    "s": 49.606,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56964,
    "c": 0.2051,
    "h": 321.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16042
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB40BE

secondary

#99C990

accent

#D94F64

background

#FCF8FC

surface

#F9EFF9

border

#D2CAD2

text

#130A14

muted

#827C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB40BE

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

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