#AB42D4#AB42D4

#AB42D4 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.223 H 314.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB42D4
RGB	rgb(171, 66, 212)
HSL	hsl(283, 63%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(283, 69%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.3%, 68.9%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.65, 64.13, -56.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.65, 85.19, 318.83°)
OKLab	oklab(58.55% 0.1568 -0.1579)
OKLCH	oklch(58.55% 0.223 314.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.6245, 17.3089, 64.0023)
Luminance	0.1731 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB42D4 #6BD442

analogous

#6242D4 #AB42D4 #D442B4

triadic

#AB42D4 #D4AB42 #42D4AB

tetradic

#AB42D4 #D46242 #6BD442 #42B4D4

square

#AB42D4 #D46242 #6BD442 #42B4D4

split-complementary

#AB42D4 #B4D442 #42D462

monochromatic

#631D7F #8A28B1 #AB42D4 #C174DF #D7A6EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.71

#AB42D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.46

#AB42D4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AB42D4

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB42D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AB42D4	1.00	4.71	4.46	4.71
#FFFFFF	4.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006ED8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3D76D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A86086

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab42d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 66, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.223 314.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c87fe2',
    500: '#ab42d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab42d4;
$custom-light: #c87fe2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab42d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.151,
    "s": 62.931,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58546,
    "c": 0.22254,
    "h": 314.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.17308
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB42D4

secondary

#ABD89A

accent

#E64270

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F9EFFB

border

#D2CAD4

text

#140B15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB42D4

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

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