#AB42BC#AB42BC

#AB42BC is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.201 H 321.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB42BC
RGB	rgb(171, 66, 188)
HSL	hsl(292, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(292, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(9%, 64.9%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.22, 59.48, -44.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.22, 74.29, 323.20°)
OKLab	oklab(57.06% 0.1578 -0.124)
OKLCH	oklch(57.06% 0.201 321.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.8189, 16.1866, 49.2262)
Luminance	0.1618 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB42BC #53BC42

analogous

#6E42BC #AB42BC #BC4290

triadic

#AB42BC #BCAB42 #42BCAB

tetradic

#AB42BC #BC6E42 #53BC42 #4290BC

square

#AB42BC #BC6E42 #53BC42 #4290BC

split-complementary

#AB42BC #90BC42 #42BC6E

monochromatic

#592261 #82328F #AB42BC #BF6FCC #D39CDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.96

#AB42BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.24

#AB42BC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AB42BC

4.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB42BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AB42BC	1.00	4.96	4.24	4.96
#FFFFFF	4.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2268C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5174B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD5679

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab42bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 66, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.201 321.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c77ed1',
    500: '#ab42bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab42bc;
$custom-light: #c77ed1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab42bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.639,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57061,
    "c": 0.2007,
    "h": 321.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.16185
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB42BC

secondary

#99C991

accent

#D85063

background

#FCF8FC

surface

#F9EFF9

border

#D2CAD2

text

#130A14

muted

#827C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB42BC

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

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