#AB42D2#AB42D2

#AB42D2 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.221 H 315.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB42D2
RGB	rgb(171, 66, 210)
HSL	hsl(284, 62%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(284, 69%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.6%, 68.6%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.52, 63.73, -55.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.52, 84.27, 319.14°)
OKLab	oklab(58.42% 0.157 -0.1551)
OKLCH	oklch(58.42% 0.221 315.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.3738, 17.2086, 62.6819)
Luminance	0.1721 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB42D2 #69D242

analogous

#6342D2 #AB42D2 #D242B1

triadic

#AB42D2 #D2AB42 #42D2AB

tetradic

#AB42D2 #D26342 #69D242 #42B1D2

square

#AB42D2 #D26342 #69D242 #42B1D2

split-complementary

#AB42D2 #B1D242 #42D263

monochromatic

#621E7C #8A29AD #AB42D2 #C173DE #D7A5EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.73

#AB42D2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.44

#AB42D2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AB42D2

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB42D2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AB42D2	1.00	4.73	4.44	4.73
#FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006DD6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F76CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A85F85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab42d2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 66, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.221 315.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c87fe0',
    500: '#ab42d2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab42d2;
$custom-light: #c87fe0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab42d2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.75,
    "s": 61.538,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58416,
    "c": 0.2207,
    "h": 315.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.17207
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB42D2

secondary

#AAD799

accent

#E5436F

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F9EFFB

border

#D2CAD4

text

#140B15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB42D2

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

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