#AB48E6#AB48E6

#AB48E6 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.232 H 309.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB48E6
RGB	rgb(171, 72, 230)
HSL	hsl(278, 76%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(278, 69%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.7%, 68.7%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.69, 65.33, -63.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.69, 90.76, 316.04°)
OKLab	oklab(60.38% 0.1489 -0.1783)
OKLCH	oklch(60.38% 0.232 309.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.3921, 19.0065, 76.7571)
Luminance	0.1901 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB48E6 #83E648

analogous

#5C48E6 #AB48E6 #E648D2

triadic

#AB48E6 #E6AB48 #48E6AB

tetradic

#AB48E6 #E65C48 #83E648 #48D2E6

square

#AB48E6 #E65C48 #83E648 #48D2E6

split-complementary

#AB48E6 #D2E648 #48E65C

monochromatic

#6B169E #901DD4 #AB48E6 #C47EED #DCB4F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.37

#AB48E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.80

#AB48E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AB48E6

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB48E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AB48E6	1.00	4.37	4.80	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0074EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2C7AE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A36A92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab48e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 72, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.232 309.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c982ef',
    500: '#ab48e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab48e6;
$custom-light: #c982ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab48e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.595,
    "s": 75.962,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60377,
    "c": 0.23227,
    "h": 309.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.19006
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB48E6

secondary

#BDE4A6

accent

#F3357C

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9EFFD

border

#D2CAD5

text

#140B16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB48E6

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

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