#AB42D8#AB42D8

#AB42D8 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.175; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.226 H 313.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB42D8
RGB	rgb(171, 66, 216)
HSL	hsl(282, 66%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(282, 69%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.8%, 69.4%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.90, 64.93, -57.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.90, 87.03, 318.25°)
OKLab	oklab(58.81% 0.1565 -0.1634)
OKLCH	oklch(58.81% 0.226 313.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.1353, 17.5132, 66.6927)
Luminance	0.1751 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB42D8 #6FD842

analogous

#6042D8 #AB42D8 #D842BA

triadic

#AB42D8 #D8AB42 #42D8AB

tetradic

#AB42D8 #D86042 #6FD842 #42BAD8

square

#AB42D8 #D86042 #6FD842 #42BAD8

split-complementary

#AB42D8 #BAD842 #42D860

monochromatic

#651B84 #8B26B7 #AB42D8 #C275E2 #D8A7ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.66

#AB42D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.50

#AB42D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AB42D8

4.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB42D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AB42D8	1.00	4.66	4.50	4.66
#FFFFFF	4.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006FDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3877D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A76189

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab42d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 66, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.226 313.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c87fe5',
    500: '#ab42d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab42d8;
$custom-light: #c87fe5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab42d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282,
    "s": 65.789,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58808,
    "c": 0.22624,
    "h": 313.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.17512
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB42D8

secondary

#AEDA9C

accent

#E93F72

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9EFFC

border

#D2CAD5

text

#140B16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB42D8

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

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