#AB42BB#AB42BB

#AB42BB is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.200 H 322.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB42BB
RGB	rgb(171, 66, 187)
HSL	hsl(292, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(292, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.6%, 64.7%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.16, 59.29, -44.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.16, 73.84, 323.42°)
OKLab	oklab(57% 0.1578 -0.1226)
OKLCH	oklch(57% 0.2 322.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.7115, 16.1437, 48.6605)
Luminance	0.1614 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB42BB #52BB42

analogous

#6F42BB #AB42BB #BB428F

triadic

#AB42BB #BBAB42 #42BBAB

tetradic

#AB42BB #BB6F42 #52BB42 #428FBB

square

#AB42BB #BB6F42 #52BB42 #428FBB

split-complementary

#AB42BB #8FBB42 #42BB6F

monochromatic

#582261 #82328E #AB42BB #C06ECC #D39CDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.97

#AB42BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.23

#AB42BB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AB42BB

4.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB42BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AB42BB	1.00	4.97	4.23	4.97
#FFFFFF	4.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2468BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5174B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD5679

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab42bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 66, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.200 322.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c77ed0',
    500: '#ab42bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab42bb;
$custom-light: #c77ed0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab42bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 292.066,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57003,
    "c": 0.19981,
    "h": 322.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16142
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB42BB

secondary

#98C891

accent

#D75062

background

#FCF8FC

surface

#F9EFF9

border

#D2CAD2

text

#130A14

muted

#827C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB42BB

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

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