#AB42E0#AB42E0

#AB42E0 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.179; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.234 H 311.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB42E0
RGB	rgb(171, 66, 224)
HSL	hsl(280, 72%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(280, 71%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.7%, 70.5%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.42, 66.56, -61.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.42, 90.74, 317.18°)
OKLab	oklab(59.34% 0.1556 -0.1743)
OKLCH	oklch(59.34% 0.234 311.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.1949, 17.9370, 72.2728)
Luminance	0.1794 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB42E0 #77E042

analogous

#5C42E0 #AB42E0 #E042C6

triadic

#AB42E0 #E0AB42 #42E0AB

tetradic

#AB42E0 #E05C42 #77E042 #42C6E0

square

#AB42E0 #E05C42 #77E042 #42C6E0

split-complementary

#AB42E0 #C6E042 #42E05C

monochromatic

#681890 #8D20C5 #AB42E0 #C277E9 #DAABF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.58

#AB42E0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.59

#AB42E0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AB42E0

4.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB42E0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AB42E0	1.00	4.58	4.59	4.59
#FFFFFF	4.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0070E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2D77DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5658D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab42e0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 66, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.234 311.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c97fea',
    500: '#ab42e0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab42e0;
$custom-light: #c97fea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab42e0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.873,
    "s": 71.818,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59343,
    "c": 0.23365,
    "h": 311.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.17936
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB42E0

secondary

#B4DF9F

accent

#EF3976

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9EFFD

border

#D2CAD5

text

#140B16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB42E0

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

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