#AB48D8#AB48D8

#AB48D8 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.183; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.219 H 313.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB48D8
RGB	rgb(171, 72, 216)
HSL	hsl(281, 65%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(281, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.8%, 66.7%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.80, 62.41, -56.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.80, 84.19, 317.84°)
OKLab	oklab(59.45% 0.1502 -0.1592)
OKLCH	oklch(59.45% 0.219 313.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.5045, 18.2515, 66.8157)
Luminance	0.1825 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB48D8 #75D848

analogous

#6348D8 #AB48D8 #D848BD

triadic

#AB48D8 #D8AB48 #48D8AB

tetradic

#AB48D8 #D86348 #75D848 #48BDD8

square

#AB48D8 #D86348 #75D848 #48BDD8

split-complementary

#AB48D8 #BDD848 #48D863

monochromatic

#671D89 #8D28BB #AB48D8 #C27AE3 #D9ADEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.52

#AB48D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.65

#AB48D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AB48D8

4.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB48D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AB48D8	1.00	4.52	4.65	4.65
#FFFFFF	4.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0071DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E79D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6658A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab48d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 72, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.219 313.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c882e5',
    500: '#ab48d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab48d8;
$custom-light: #c882e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab48d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.25,
    "s": 64.865,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59451,
    "c": 0.21884,
    "h": 313.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.18251
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB48D8

secondary

#B3DBA0

accent

#E84074

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9EFFC

border

#D2CAD5

text

#140B16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB48D8

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

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