#AB42E2#AB42E2

#AB42E2 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.180; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.236 H 311.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB42E2
RGB	rgb(171, 66, 226)
HSL	hsl(279, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(279, 71%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.3%, 70.8%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.55, 66.97, -62.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.55, 91.67, 316.94°)
OKLab	oklab(59.48% 0.1553 -0.177)
OKLCH	oklch(59.48% 0.236 311.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.4677, 18.0462, 73.7097)
Luminance	0.1804 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB42E2 #79E242

analogous

#5B42E2 #AB42E2 #E242C9

triadic

#AB42E2 #E2AB42 #42E2AB

tetradic

#AB42E2 #E25B42 #79E242 #42C9E2

square

#AB42E2 #E25B42 #79E242 #42C9E2

split-complementary

#AB42E2 #C9E242 #42E25B

monochromatic

#681793 #8E1FC8 #AB42E2 #C377EA #DAACF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.56

#AB42E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.61

#AB42E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AB42E2

4.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB42E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AB42E2	1.00	4.56	4.61	4.61
#FFFFFF	4.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0071E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2A78DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4658E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab42e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 66, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.236 311.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c97fec',
    500: '#ab42e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab42e2;
$custom-light: #c97fec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab42e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.375,
    "s": 73.394,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59479,
    "c": 0.23551,
    "h": 311.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.18045
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB42E2

secondary

#B6E09F

accent

#F03877

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9EFFD

border

#D2CAD5

text

#140B16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB42E2

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

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