#AB42D7#AB42D7

#AB42D7 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.175; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.225 H 314.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB42D7
RGB	rgb(171, 66, 215)
HSL	hsl(282, 65%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(282, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.5%, 69.3%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.84, 64.73, -57.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.84, 86.57, 318.39°)
OKLab	oklab(58.74% 0.1566 -0.162)
OKLCH	oklch(58.74% 0.225 314)
XYZ	xyz(31.0065, 17.4617, 66.0139)
Luminance	0.1746 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB42D7 #6ED742

analogous

#6042D7 #AB42D7 #D742B8

triadic

#AB42D7 #D7AB42 #42D7AB

tetradic

#AB42D7 #D76042 #6ED742 #42B8D7

square

#AB42D7 #D76042 #6ED742 #42B8D7

split-complementary

#AB42D7 #B8D742 #42D760

monochromatic

#641C83 #8B26B5 #AB42D7 #C175E2 #D8A7EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.67

#AB42D7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.49

#AB42D7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AB42D7

4.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB42D7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AB42D7	1.00	4.67	4.49	4.67
#FFFFFF	4.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006EDB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3977D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A76188

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab42d7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 66, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.225 314.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c87fe4',
    500: '#ab42d7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab42d7;
$custom-light: #c87fe4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab42d7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.282,
    "s": 65.066,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58742,
    "c": 0.22531,
    "h": 314
  },
  "luminance": 0.17461
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB42D7

secondary

#AEDA9B

accent

#E84071

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9EFFC

border

#D2CAD5

text

#140B16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB42D7

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

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