#AB4AE1#AB4AE1

#AB4AE1 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.225 H 310.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB4AE1
RGB	rgb(171, 74, 225)
HSL	hsl(279, 72%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(279, 67%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(24%, 67.1%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.68, 63.42, -60.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.68, 87.44, 316.49°)
OKLab	oklab(60.26% 0.1473 -0.17)
OKLCH	oklch(60.26% 0.225 310.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.8314, 18.9925, 73.1560)
Luminance	0.1899 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB4AE1 #80E14A

analogous

#5F4AE1 #AB4AE1 #E14ACB

triadic

#AB4AE1 #E1AB4A #4AE1AB

tetradic

#AB4AE1 #E15F4A #80E14A #4ACBE1

square

#AB4AE1 #E15F4A #80E14A #4ACBE1

split-complementary

#AB4AE1 #CBE14A #4AE15F

monochromatic

#6A1997 #8F22CC #AB4AE1 #C37EEA #DCB3F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.38

#AB4AE1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.80

#AB4AE1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AB4AE1

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB4AE1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AB4AE1	1.00	4.38	4.80	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.38	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)

#0074E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#367ADE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A46A90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab4ae1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 74, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.225 310.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c883eb',
    500: '#ab4ae1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab4ae1;
$custom-light: #c883eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab4ae1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.543,
    "s": 71.564,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60262,
    "c": 0.22499,
    "h": 310.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.18992
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB4AE1

secondary

#BBE1A6

accent

#EE397A

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9EFFD

border

#D2CAD5

text

#140B16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB4AE1

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

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