#AB40DC#AB40DC

#AB40DC is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.175; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.232 H 312.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB40DC
RGB	rgb(171, 64, 220)
HSL	hsl(281, 69%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(281, 71%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.3%, 70.9%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.88, 66.54, -60.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.88, 89.78, 317.83°)
OKLab	oklab(58.87% 0.158 -0.1702)
OKLCH	oklch(58.87% 0.232 312.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.5440, 17.4930, 69.4111)
Luminance	0.1749 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB40DC #71DC40

analogous

#5D40DC #AB40DC #DC40BF

triadic

#AB40DC #DCAB40 #40DCAB

tetradic

#AB40DC #DC5D40 #71DC40 #40BFDC

square

#AB40DC #DC5D40 #71DC40 #40BFDC

split-complementary

#AB40DC #BFDC40 #40DC5D

monochromatic

#661989 #8C23BC #AB40DC #C274E5 #D8A7EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.67

#AB40DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.50

#AB40DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AB40DC

4.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB40DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AB40DC	1.00	4.67	4.50	4.67
#FFFFFF	4.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006FE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3176D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6628A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab40dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 64, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.232 312.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c87ee8',
    500: '#ab40dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab40dc;
$custom-light: #c87ee8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab40dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.154,
    "s": 69.027,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58872,
    "c": 0.23225,
    "h": 312.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.17492
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB40DC

secondary

#B0DC9B

accent

#EC3C73

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9EFFD

border

#D2CAD5

text

#140B16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB40DC

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

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