#AB42CC#AB42CC

#AB42CC is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.215 H 317.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB42CC
RGB	rgb(171, 66, 204)
HSL	hsl(286, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(286, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.2%, 67.6%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.15, 62.54, -52.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.15, 81.52, 320.11°)
OKLab	oklab(58.03% 0.1574 -0.1467)
OKLCH	oklch(58.03% 0.215 317)
XYZ	xyz(29.6403, 16.9152, 58.8187)
Luminance	0.1691 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB42CC #63CC42

analogous

#6642CC #AB42CC #CC42A8

triadic

#AB42CC #CCAB42 #42CCAB

tetradic

#AB42CC #CC6642 #63CC42 #42A8CC

square

#AB42CC #CC6642 #63CC42 #42A8CC

split-complementary

#AB42CC #A8CC42 #42CC66

monochromatic

#601F74 #882CA4 #AB42CC #C072D9 #D6A2E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.79

#AB42CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.38

#AB42CC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AB42CC

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB42CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AB42CC	1.00	4.79	4.38	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006CD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4575C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A95C82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab42cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 66, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.215 317.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c87edc',
    500: '#ab42cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab42cc;
$custom-light: #c87edc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab42cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.652,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58034,
    "c": 0.21519,
    "h": 317
  },
  "luminance": 0.16914
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB42CC

secondary

#A5D397

accent

#E1476C

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F9EFFB

border

#D2CAD4

text

#140B15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB42CC

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

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