#AB40EF#AB40EF

#AB40EF is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.250 H 308.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB40EF
RGB	rgb(171, 64, 239)
HSL	hsl(277, 85%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(277, 73%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.5%, 73.2%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.17, 70.45, -68.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.17, 98.57, 315.62°)
OKLab	oklab(60.19% 0.1552 -0.1956)
OKLCH	oklch(60.19% 0.25 308.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.2047, 18.5573, 83.4246)
Luminance	0.1856 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB40EF #84EF40

analogous

#5440EF #AB40EF #EF40DB

triadic

#AB40EF #EFAB40 #40EFAB

tetradic

#AB40EF #EF5440 #84EF40 #40DBEF

square

#AB40EF #EF5440 #84EF40 #40DBEF

split-complementary

#AB40EF #DBEF40 #40EF54

monochromatic

#6B0EA7 #9013DF #AB40EF #C478F4 #DDB1F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.46

#AB40EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.71

#AB40EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AB40EF

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB40EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AB40EF	1.00	4.46	4.71	4.71
#FFFFFF	4.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0073F4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0078EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A06A95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab40ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 64, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.250 308.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca7ff5',
    500: '#ab40ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab40ef;
$custom-light: #ca7ff5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab40ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.686,
    "s": 84.541,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60194,
    "c": 0.24973,
    "h": 308.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.18557
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB40EF

secondary

#BEE7A3

accent

#FB2D7D

background

#FDF8FF

surface

#FAEFFF

border

#D3CAD7

text

#140B17

muted

#837C85

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB40EF

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

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