#AB42DD#AB42DD

#AB42DD is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.178; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.231 H 312.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB42DD
RGB	rgb(171, 66, 221)
HSL	hsl(281, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(281, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.6%, 70.1%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.22, 65.95, -60.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.22, 89.35, 317.57°)
OKLab	oklab(59.14% 0.156 -0.1702)
OKLCH	oklch(59.14% 0.231 312.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.7916, 17.7757, 70.1489)
Luminance	0.1777 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB42DD #74DD42

analogous

#5E42DD #AB42DD #DD42C2

triadic

#AB42DD #DDAB42 #42DDAB

tetradic

#AB42DD #DD5E42 #74DD42 #42C2DD

square

#AB42DD #DD5E42 #74DD42 #42C2DD

split-complementary

#AB42DD #C2DD42 #42DD5E

monochromatic

#67198C #8D22BF #AB42DD #C276E6 #D9AAF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.61

#AB42DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.56

#AB42DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AB42DD

4.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB42DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AB42DD	1.00	4.61	4.56	4.61
#FFFFFF	4.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0070E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3277DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5638B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab42dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 66, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.231 312.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c87fe8',
    500: '#ab42dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab42dd;
$custom-light: #c87fe8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab42dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.645,
    "s": 69.507,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5914,
    "c": 0.23087,
    "h": 312.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.17775
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB42DD

secondary

#B2DD9D

accent

#EC3B75

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9EFFD

border

#D2CAD5

text

#140B16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB42DD

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

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