#AB49E1#AB49E1

#AB49E1 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.226 H 311.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB49E1
RGB	rgb(171, 73, 225)
HSL	hsl(279, 72%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(279, 68%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(24%, 67.6%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.52, 63.85, -60.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.52, 87.93, 316.56°)
OKLab	oklab(60.15% 0.1484 -0.1708)
OKLCH	oklch(60.15% 0.226 311)
XYZ	xyz(32.7652, 18.8600, 73.1339)
Luminance	0.1886 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB49E1 #7FE149

analogous

#5F49E1 #AB49E1 #E149CB

triadic

#AB49E1 #E1AB49 #49E1AB

tetradic

#AB49E1 #E15F49 #7FE149 #49CBE1

square

#AB49E1 #E15F49 #7FE149 #49CBE1

split-complementary

#AB49E1 #CBE149 #49E15F

monochromatic

#6A1997 #8F22CB #AB49E1 #C37EEA #DBB2F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.40

#AB49E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.77

#AB49E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AB49E1

4.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB49E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AB49E1	1.00	4.40	4.77	4.77
#FFFFFF	4.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0074E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#357ADE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A46990

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab49e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 73, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.226 311.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c883eb',
    500: '#ab49e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab49e1;
$custom-light: #c883eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab49e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.684,
    "s": 71.698,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60151,
    "c": 0.22624,
    "h": 311
  },
  "luminance": 0.18859
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB49E1

secondary

#BAE1A5

accent

#EE397A

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9EFFD

border

#D2CAD5

text

#140B16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB49E1

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

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