#AB42D0#AB42D0

#AB42D0 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.219 H 315.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB42D0
RGB	rgb(171, 66, 208)
HSL	hsl(284, 60%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(284, 68%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.8%, 68.3%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.40, 63.33, -54.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.40, 83.35, 319.45°)
OKLab	oklab(58.29% 0.1571 -0.1523)
OKLCH	oklch(58.29% 0.219 315.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.1262, 17.1096, 61.3778)
Luminance	0.1711 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB42D0 #67D042

analogous

#6442D0 #AB42D0 #D042AE

triadic

#AB42D0 #D0AB42 #42D0AB

tetradic

#AB42D0 #D06442 #67D042 #42AED0

square

#AB42D0 #D06442 #67D042 #42AED0

split-complementary

#AB42D0 #AED042 #42D064

monochromatic

#621E79 #892AAA #AB42D0 #C173DC #D7A4E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.75

#AB42D0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.42

#AB42D0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AB42D0

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB42D0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AB42D0	1.00	4.75	4.42	4.75
#FFFFFF	4.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006DD4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4176CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A95E84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab42d0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 66, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.219 315.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c87fdf',
    500: '#ab42d0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab42d0;
$custom-light: #c87fdf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab42d0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.366,
    "s": 60.169,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58288,
    "c": 0.21885,
    "h": 315.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.17108
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB42D0

secondary

#A8D599

accent

#E3446E

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F9EFFB

border

#D2CAD4

text

#140B15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB42D0

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

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