#AB42D3#AB42D3

#AB42D3 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.222 H 315.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB42D3
RGB	rgb(171, 66, 211)
HSL	hsl(283, 62%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(283, 69%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(19%, 68.7%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.58, 63.93, -55.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.58, 84.73, 318.98°)
OKLab	oklab(58.48% 0.1569 -0.1565)
OKLCH	oklch(58.48% 0.222 315.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.4988, 17.2586, 63.3401)
Luminance	0.1726 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB42D3 #6AD342

analogous

#6342D3 #AB42D3 #D342B3

triadic

#AB42D3 #D3AB42 #42D3AB

tetradic

#AB42D3 #D36342 #6AD342 #42B3D3

square

#AB42D3 #D36342 #6AD342 #42B3D3

split-complementary

#AB42D3 #B3D342 #42D363

monochromatic

#631D7D #8A29AF #AB42D3 #C174DF #D7A5EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.72

#AB42D3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.45

#AB42D3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AB42D3

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB42D3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AB42D3	1.00	4.72	4.45	4.72
#FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006DD7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E76D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A85F86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab42d3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 66, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.222 315.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c87fe1',
    500: '#ab42d3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab42d3;
$custom-light: #c87fe1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab42d3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.448,
    "s": 62.232,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58481,
    "c": 0.22162,
    "h": 315.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.17258
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB42D3

secondary

#ABD79A

accent

#E5426F

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F9EFFB

border

#D2CAD4

text

#140B15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB42D3

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

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