#AB42C8#AB42C8

#AB42C8 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.212 H 318.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB42C8
RGB	rgb(171, 66, 200)
HSL	hsl(287, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(287, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.5%, 67%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.91, 61.77, -50.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.91, 79.69, 320.81°)
OKLab	oklab(57.79% 0.1576 -0.1411)
OKLCH	oklch(57.79% 0.212 318.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.1667, 16.7258, 56.3244)
Luminance	0.1672 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB42C8 #5FC842

analogous

#6842C8 #AB42C8 #C842A2

triadic

#AB42C8 #C8AB42 #42C8AB

tetradic

#AB42C8 #C86842 #5FC842 #42A2C8

square

#AB42C8 #C86842 #5FC842 #42A2C8

split-complementary

#AB42C8 #A2C842 #42C868

monochromatic

#5E206F #862E9F #AB42C8 #C071D6 #D5A1E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.83

#AB42C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.34

#AB42C8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AB42C8

4.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB42C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AB42C8	1.00	4.83	4.34	4.83
#FFFFFF	4.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#036BCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4875C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA5B80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab42c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 66, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.212 318.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c87ed9',
    500: '#ab42c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab42c8;
$custom-light: #c87ed9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab42c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.015,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57785,
    "c": 0.21154,
    "h": 318.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16724
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB42C8

secondary

#A2D096

accent

#DE4A6A

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F9EFFB

border

#D2CAD4

text

#130B15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB42C8

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

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