#AB49E5#AB49E5

#AB49E5 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.191; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.230 H 310.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB49E5
RGB	rgb(171, 73, 229)
HSL	hsl(278, 75%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(278, 68%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.3%, 68.1%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.78, 64.69, -62.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.78, 89.81, 316.08°)
OKLab	oklab(60.42% 0.148 -0.1762)
OKLCH	oklch(60.42% 0.23 310)
XYZ	xyz(33.3172, 19.0808, 76.0414)
Luminance	0.1908 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB49E5 #83E549

analogous

#5D49E5 #AB49E5 #E549D1

triadic

#AB49E5 #E5AB49 #49E5AB

tetradic

#AB49E5 #E55D49 #83E549 #49D1E5

square

#AB49E5 #E55D49 #83E549 #49D1E5

split-complementary

#AB49E5 #D1E549 #49E55D

monochromatic

#6B169D #901ED3 #AB49E5 #C47FED #DCB4F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.36

#AB49E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.82

#AB49E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AB49E5

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB49E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AB49E5	1.00	4.36	4.82	4.82
#FFFFFF	4.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0075EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2F7AE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A36B92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab49e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 73, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.230 310.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c983ee',
    500: '#ab49e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab49e5;
$custom-light: #c983ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab49e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.692,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60418,
    "c": 0.2301,
    "h": 310
  },
  "luminance": 0.1908
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB49E5

secondary

#BDE3A6

accent

#F2367C

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9EFFD

border

#D2CAD5

text

#140B16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB49E5

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

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