#AB45E6#AB45E6

#AB45E6 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.236 H 310.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB45E6
RGB	rgb(171, 69, 230)
HSL	hsl(278, 76%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(278, 70%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.7%, 70%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.25, 66.58, -63.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.25, 92.17, 316.26°)
OKLab	oklab(60.06% 0.1519 -0.1804)
OKLCH	oklch(60.06% 0.236 310.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.2028, 18.6280, 76.6940)
Luminance	0.1863 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB45E6 #80E645

analogous

#5A45E6 #AB45E6 #E645D1

triadic

#AB45E6 #E6AB45 #45E6AB

tetradic

#AB45E6 #E65A45 #80E645 #45D1E6

square

#AB45E6 #E65A45 #80E645 #45D1E6

split-complementary

#AB45E6 #D1E645 #45E65A

monochromatic

#6A159C #8F1CD2 #AB45E6 #C37BED #DCB1F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.44

#AB45E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.73

#AB45E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AB45E6

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB45E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AB45E6	1.00	4.44	4.73	4.73
#FFFFFF	4.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0073EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2779E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A36991

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab45e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 69, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.236 310.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c981ef',
    500: '#ab45e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab45e6;
$custom-light: #c981ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab45e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.012,
    "s": 76.303,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60059,
    "c": 0.23581,
    "h": 310.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.18627
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB45E6

secondary

#BBE3A4

accent

#F3357B

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9EFFD

border

#D2CAD5

text

#140B16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB45E6

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

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