#AB42C7#AB42C7

#AB42C7 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.211 H 318.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB42C7
RGB	rgb(171, 66, 199)
HSL	hsl(287, 54%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(287, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.1%, 66.8%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.85, 61.57, -49.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.85, 79.24, 320.99°)
OKLab	oklab(57.72% 0.1576 -0.1397)
OKLCH	oklch(57.72% 0.211 318.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.0502, 16.6792, 55.7109)
Luminance	0.1668 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB42C7 #5EC742

analogous

#6842C7 #AB42C7 #C742A1

triadic

#AB42C7 #C7AB42 #42C7AB

tetradic

#AB42C7 #C76842 #5EC742 #42A1C7

square

#AB42C7 #C76842 #5EC742 #42A1C7

split-complementary

#AB42C7 #A1C742 #42C768

monochromatic

#5E216E #862F9D #AB42C7 #C071D5 #D5A0E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.84

#AB42C7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.34

#AB42C7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AB42C7

4.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB42C7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AB42C7	1.00	4.84	4.34	4.84
#FFFFFF	4.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#086BCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4975C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB5A7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab42c7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 66, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.211 318.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c87ed9',
    500: '#ab42c7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab42c7;
$custom-light: #c87ed9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab42c7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.368,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57723,
    "c": 0.21062,
    "h": 318.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16678
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB42C7

secondary

#A2D095

accent

#DE4A69

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F9EFFA

border

#D2CAD3

text

#130A15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB42C7

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

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