#AB40E1#AB40E1

#AB40E1 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.178; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.237 H 311.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB40E1
RGB	rgb(171, 64, 225)
HSL	hsl(280, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(280, 72%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(24%, 71.6%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.21, 67.56, -62.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.21, 92.09, 317.19°)
OKLab	oklab(59.21% 0.1574 -0.177)
OKLCH	oklch(59.21% 0.237 311.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.2161, 17.7618, 72.9509)
Luminance	0.1776 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB40E1 #76E140

analogous

#5B40E1 #AB40E1 #E140C7

triadic

#AB40E1 #E1AB40 #40E1AB

tetradic

#AB40E1 #E15B40 #76E140 #40C7E1

square

#AB40E1 #E15B40 #76E140 #40C7E1

split-complementary

#AB40E1 #C7E140 #40E15B

monochromatic

#671790 #8D1FC5 #AB40E1 #C275E9 #DAAAF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.61

#AB40E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.55

#AB40E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AB40E1

4.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB40E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AB40E1	1.00	4.61	4.55	4.61
#FFFFFF	4.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0070E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2977DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4648D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab40e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 64, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.237 311.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c97eeb',
    500: '#ab40e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab40e1;
$custom-light: #c97eeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab40e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.876,
    "s": 72.851,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59212,
    "c": 0.23685,
    "h": 311.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.17761
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB40E1

secondary

#B4DF9D

accent

#F03876

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9EFFD

border

#D2CAD5

text

#140B16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB40E1

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

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