#AB42D6#AB42D6

#AB42D6 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.174; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.224 H 314.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB42D6
RGB	rgb(171, 66, 214)
HSL	hsl(283, 64%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(283, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.1%, 69.2%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.77, 64.53, -57.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.77, 86.11, 318.54°)
OKLab	oklab(58.68% 0.1567 -0.1606)
OKLCH	oklch(58.68% 0.224 314.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.8784, 17.4104, 65.3393)
Luminance	0.1741 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB42D6 #6DD642

analogous

#6142D6 #AB42D6 #D642B7

triadic

#AB42D6 #D6AB42 #42D6AB

tetradic

#AB42D6 #D66142 #6DD642 #42B7D6

square

#AB42D6 #D66142 #6DD642 #42B7D6

split-complementary

#AB42D6 #B7D642 #42D661

monochromatic

#641C82 #8B27B4 #AB42D6 #C174E1 #D8A7EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.69

#AB42D6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.48

#AB42D6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AB42D6

4.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB42D6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AB42D6	1.00	4.69	4.48	4.69
#FFFFFF	4.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006EDA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3B76D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A76087

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab42d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 66, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.224 314.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c87fe3',
    500: '#ab42d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab42d6;
$custom-light: #c87fe3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab42d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.568,
    "s": 64.348,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58676,
    "c": 0.22438,
    "h": 314.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.17409
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB42D6

secondary

#ADD99B

accent

#E74071

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9EFFC

border

#D2CAD5

text

#140B16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB42D6

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

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