#AB42D5#AB42D5

#AB42D5 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.174; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.223 H 314.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB42D5
RGB	rgb(171, 66, 213)
HSL	hsl(283, 64%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(283, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.7%, 69%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.71, 64.33, -56.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.71, 85.65, 318.68°)
OKLab	oklab(58.61% 0.1568 -0.1593)
OKLCH	oklch(58.61% 0.223 314.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.7510, 17.3595, 64.6687)
Luminance	0.1736 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB42D5 #6CD542

analogous

#6242D5 #AB42D5 #D542B6

triadic

#AB42D5 #D5AB42 #42D5AB

tetradic

#AB42D5 #D56242 #6CD542 #42B6D5

square

#AB42D5 #D56242 #6CD542 #42B6D5

split-complementary

#AB42D5 #B6D542 #42D562

monochromatic

#641C80 #8B28B2 #AB42D5 #C174E0 #D8A6EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.70

#AB42D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.47

#AB42D5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AB42D5

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB42D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AB42D5	1.00	4.70	4.47	4.70
#FFFFFF	4.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006ED9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3C76D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A76087

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab42d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 66, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.223 314.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c87fe3',
    500: '#ab42d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab42d5;
$custom-light: #c87fe3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab42d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.857,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58611,
    "c": 0.22346,
    "h": 314.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.17358
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB42D5

secondary

#ACD89A

accent

#E74170

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9EFFC

border

#D2CAD5

text

#140B15

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB42D5

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

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