#AB48E4#AB48E4

#AB48E4 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.230 H 310.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB48E4
RGB	rgb(171, 72, 228)
HSL	hsl(278, 74%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(278, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(25%, 68.4%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.56, 64.91, -62.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.56, 89.82, 316.27°)
OKLab	oklab(60.24% 0.1491 -0.1756)
OKLCH	oklch(60.24% 0.23 310.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.1128, 18.8948, 75.2865)
Luminance	0.1889 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB48E4 #81E448

analogous

#5D48E4 #AB48E4 #E448CF

triadic

#AB48E4 #E4AB48 #48E4AB

tetradic

#AB48E4 #E45D48 #81E448 #48CFE4

square

#AB48E4 #E45D48 #81E448 #48CFE4

split-complementary

#AB48E4 #CFE448 #48E45D

monochromatic

#6B179B #8F1FD0 #AB48E4 #C37DEC #DCB3F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.39

#AB48E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.78

#AB48E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AB48E4

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB48E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AB48E4	1.00	4.39	4.78	4.78
#FFFFFF	4.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0074E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2F7AE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A36A91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab48e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 72, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.230 310.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c982ed',
    500: '#ab48e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab48e4;
$custom-light: #c982ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab48e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.077,
    "s": 74.286,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60242,
    "c": 0.23034,
    "h": 310.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.18894
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB48E4

secondary

#BCE3A5

accent

#F1377B

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9EFFD

border

#D2CAD5

text

#140B16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB48E4

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

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