#AB42DB#AB42DB

#AB42DB is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.177; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.229 H 313.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB42DB
RGB	rgb(171, 66, 219)
HSL	hsl(281, 68%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(281, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.9%, 69.9%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.09, 65.54, -59.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.09, 88.42, 317.83°)
OKLab	oklab(59.01% 0.1562 -0.1675)
OKLCH	oklch(59.01% 0.229 313)
XYZ	xyz(31.5267, 17.6698, 68.7540)
Luminance	0.1767 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB42DB #72DB42

analogous

#5E42DB #AB42DB #DB42BF

triadic

#AB42DB #DBAB42 #42DBAB

tetradic

#AB42DB #DB5E42 #72DB42 #42BFDB

square

#AB42DB #DB5E42 #72DB42 #42BFDB

split-complementary

#AB42DB #BFDB42 #42DB5E

monochromatic

#661A89 #8C24BC #AB42DB #C275E5 #D9A9EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.63

#AB42DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.53

#AB42DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AB42DB

4.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB42DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AB42DB	1.00	4.63	4.53	4.63
#FFFFFF	4.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006FDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3577D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6628A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab42db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 66, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.229 313.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c87fe7',
    500: '#ab42db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab42db;
$custom-light: #c87fe7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab42db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.176,
    "s": 68,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59007,
    "c": 0.22902,
    "h": 313
  },
  "luminance": 0.17669
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB42DB

secondary

#B1DC9D

accent

#EB3D74

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9EFFC

border

#D2CAD5

text

#140B16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB42DB

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

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