#AB42DA#AB42DA

#AB42DA is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.176; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.228 H 313.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB42DA
RGB	rgb(171, 66, 218)
HSL	hsl(281, 67%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(281, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.6%, 69.7%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.03, 65.34, -58.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.03, 87.96, 317.97°)
OKLab	oklab(58.94% 0.1563 -0.1661)
OKLCH	oklch(58.94% 0.228 313.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.3955, 17.6173, 68.0627)
Luminance	0.1762 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB42DA #71DA42

analogous

#5F42DA #AB42DA #DA42BD

triadic

#AB42DA #DAAB42 #42DAAB

tetradic

#AB42DA #DA5F42 #71DA42 #42BDDA

square

#AB42DA #DA5F42 #71DA42 #42BDDA

split-complementary

#AB42DA #BDDA42 #42DA5F

monochromatic

#661A87 #8C24BA #AB42DA #C275E4 #D8A8EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.64

#AB42DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.52

#AB42DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AB42DA

4.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB42DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AB42DA	1.00	4.64	4.52	4.64
#FFFFFF	4.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006FDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3677D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6628A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab42da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 66, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.228 313.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c87fe6',
    500: '#ab42da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab42da;
$custom-light: #c87fe6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab42da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.447,
    "s": 67.257,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5894,
    "c": 0.22808,
    "h": 313.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.17616
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB42DA

secondary

#B0DB9C

accent

#EA3E73

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9EFFC

border

#D2CAD5

text

#140B16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB42DA

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

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