#AB42BF#AB42BF

#AB42BF is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.163; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.203 H 320.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB42BF
RGB	rgb(171, 66, 191)
HSL	hsl(290, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(290, 65%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.5%, 65.4%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.39, 60.04, -45.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.39, 75.63, 322.56°)
OKLab	oklab(57.24% 0.1578 -0.1283)
OKLCH	oklch(57.24% 0.203 320.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.1457, 16.3174, 50.9471)
Luminance	0.1632 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB42BF #56BF42

analogous

#6C42BF #AB42BF #BF4294

triadic

#AB42BF #BFAB42 #42BFAB

tetradic

#AB42BF #BF6C42 #56BF42 #4294BF

square

#AB42BF #BF6C42 #56BF42 #4294BF

split-complementary

#AB42BF #94BF42 #42BF6C

monochromatic

#5A2265 #833292 #AB42BF #BF70CE #D49DDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.93

#AB42BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.26

#AB42BF on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AB42BF

4.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB42BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AB42BF	1.00	4.93	4.26	4.93
#FFFFFF	4.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1D69C3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F74BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC577B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab42bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 66, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.203 320.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c77ed3',
    500: '#ab42bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab42bf;
$custom-light: #c77ed3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab42bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.4,
    "s": 49.407,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57238,
    "c": 0.20339,
    "h": 320.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16316
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB42BF

secondary

#9BCA93

accent

#D94F65

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F9EFFA

border

#D2CAD3

text

#130A14

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB42BF

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

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