#AB40DD#AB40DD

#AB40DD is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.175; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.233 H 312.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB40DD
RGB	rgb(171, 64, 221)
HSL	hsl(281, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(281, 71%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.6%, 71%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.94, 66.74, -60.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.94, 90.24, 317.70°)
OKLab	oklab(58.94% 0.1579 -0.1715)
OKLCH	oklch(58.94% 0.233 312.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.6768, 17.5461, 70.1107)
Luminance	0.1754 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB40DD #72DD40

analogous

#5C40DD #AB40DD #DD40C0

triadic

#AB40DD #DDAB40 #40DDAB

tetradic

#AB40DD #DD5C40 #72DD40 #40C0DD

square

#AB40DD #DD5C40 #72DD40 #40C0DD

split-complementary

#AB40DD #C0DD40 #40DD5C

monochromatic

#66198A #8C22BE #AB40DD #C274E6 #D9A8EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.66

#AB40DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.51

#AB40DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AB40DD

4.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB40DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AB40DD	1.00	4.66	4.51	4.66
#FFFFFF	4.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006FE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2F77DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5628B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab40dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 64, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.233 312.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c97ee8',
    500: '#ab40dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab40dd;
$custom-light: #c97ee8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab40dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.892,
    "s": 69.778,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5894,
    "c": 0.23317,
    "h": 312.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.17545
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB40DD

secondary

#B1DD9C

accent

#ED3B74

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9EFFD

border

#D2CAD5

text

#140B16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB40DD

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

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