#AB4AD8#AB4AD8

#AB4AD8 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.216 H 313.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB4AD8
RGB	rgb(171, 74, 216)
HSL	hsl(281, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(281, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.8%, 65.7%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.11, 61.54, -56.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.11, 83.21, 317.70°)
OKLab	oklab(59.68% 0.148 -0.1577)
OKLCH	oklch(59.68% 0.216 313.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.6359, 18.5143, 66.8595)
Luminance	0.1851 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB4AD8 #77D84A

analogous

#644AD8 #AB4AD8 #D84ABE

triadic

#AB4AD8 #D8AB4A #4AD8AB

tetradic

#AB4AD8 #D8644A #77D84A #4ABED8

square

#AB4AD8 #D8644A #77D84A #4ABED8

split-complementary

#AB4AD8 #BED84A #4AD864

monochromatic

#681E8A #8D29BC #AB4AD8 #C27CE3 #DAAFEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.47

#AB4AD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.70

#AB4AD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AB4AD8

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB4AD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AB4AD8	1.00	4.47	4.70	4.70
#FFFFFF	4.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0072DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4079D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6668B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab4ad8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 74, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.216 313.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c883e5',
    500: '#ab4ad8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab4ad8;
$custom-light: #c883e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab4ad8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.986,
    "s": 64.545,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59677,
    "c": 0.21627,
    "h": 313.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.18513
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB4AD8

secondary

#B4DCA2

accent

#E84075

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9EFFC

border

#D2CAD5

text

#140B16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB4AD8

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

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