#AB42BA#AB42BA

#AB42BA is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.199 H 322.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB42BA
RGB	rgb(171, 66, 186)
HSL	hsl(293, 48%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(293, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.1%, 64.5%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.11, 59.11, -43.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.11, 73.40, 323.64°)
OKLab	oklab(56.95% 0.1578 -0.1212)
OKLCH	oklch(56.95% 0.199 322.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.6048, 16.1010, 48.0986)
Luminance	0.1610 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB42BA #51BA42

analogous

#6F42BA #AB42BA #BA428D

triadic

#AB42BA #BAAB42 #42BAAB

tetradic

#AB42BA #BA6F42 #51BA42 #428DBA

square

#AB42BA #BA6F42 #51BA42 #428DBA

split-complementary

#AB42BA #8DBA42 #42BA6F

monochromatic

#582260 #81328D #AB42BA #C06ECB #D39BDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.98

#AB42BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.22

#AB42BA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AB42BA

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB42BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AB42BA	1.00	4.98	4.22	4.98
#FFFFFF	4.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2568BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5274B7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD5578

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab42ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 66, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.199 322.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c77ecf',
    500: '#ab42ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab42ba;
$custom-light: #c77ecf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab42ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 292.5,
    "s": 47.619,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56945,
    "c": 0.19892,
    "h": 322.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.161
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB42BA

secondary

#97C890

accent

#D75161

background

#FCF8FC

surface

#F9EFF9

border

#D2CAD2

text

#130A14

muted

#827C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB42BA

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

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