#AB49E6#AB49E6

#AB49E6 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.191; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.231 H 309.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB49E6
RGB	rgb(171, 73, 230)
HSL	hsl(277, 76%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(277, 68%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.7%, 68.3%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.85, 64.90, -62.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.85, 90.29, 315.96°)
OKLab	oklab(60.49% 0.1479 -0.1776)
OKLCH	oklch(60.49% 0.231 309.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.4572, 19.1369, 76.7788)
Luminance	0.1914 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB49E6 #84E649

analogous

#5D49E6 #AB49E6 #E649D3

triadic

#AB49E6 #E6AB49 #49E6AB

tetradic

#AB49E6 #E65D49 #84E649 #49D3E6

square

#AB49E6 #E65D49 #84E649 #49D3E6

split-complementary

#AB49E6 #D3E649 #49E65D

monochromatic

#6B169F #901DD5 #AB49E6 #C47FED #DDB5F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.35

#AB49E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.83

#AB49E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AB49E6

4.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB49E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AB49E6	1.00	4.35	4.83	4.83
#FFFFFF	4.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0075EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2D7BE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A36B92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab49e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 73, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.231 309.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c983ef',
    500: '#ab49e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab49e6;
$custom-light: #c983ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab49e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.452,
    "s": 75.845,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60486,
    "c": 0.23106,
    "h": 309.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.19136
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB49E6

secondary

#BEE4A7

accent

#F2357C

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9EFFD

border

#D2CAD5

text

#140B16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB49E6

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

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