#AB40D6#AB40D6

#AB40D6 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.227 H 314.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB40D6
RGB	rgb(171, 64, 214)
HSL	hsl(283, 65%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(283, 70%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.1%, 70.1%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.49, 65.34, -57.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.49, 87.02, 318.66°)
OKLab	oklab(58.47% 0.1587 -0.162)
OKLCH	oklch(58.47% 0.227 314.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.7636, 17.1808, 65.3010)
Luminance	0.1718 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB40D6 #6BD640

analogous

#6040D6 #AB40D6 #D640B6

triadic

#AB40D6 #D6AB40 #40D6AB

tetradic

#AB40D6 #D66040 #6BD640 #40B6D6

square

#AB40D6 #D66040 #6BD640 #40B6D6

split-complementary

#AB40D6 #B6D640 #40D660

monochromatic

#631B80 #8A26B2 #AB40D6 #C172E1 #D7A5EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.73

#AB40D6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.44

#AB40D6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AB40D6

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB40D6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AB40D6	1.00	4.73	4.44	4.73
#FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006DDA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3976D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A75F87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab40d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 64, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.227 314.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c87ee3',
    500: '#ab40d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab40d6;
$custom-light: #c87ee3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab40d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.8,
    "s": 64.655,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58472,
    "c": 0.22676,
    "h": 314.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.1718
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB40D6

secondary

#ABD999

accent

#E84070

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9EFFC

border

#D2CAD5

text

#140B16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB40D6

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

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