#AB4AE2#AB4AE2

#AB4AE2 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.226 H 310.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB4AE2
RGB	rgb(171, 74, 226)
HSL	hsl(278, 72%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(278, 67%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.3%, 67.3%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.74, 63.63, -60.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.74, 87.92, 316.36°)
OKLab	oklab(60.33% 0.1472 -0.1714)
OKLCH	oklch(60.33% 0.226 310.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.9682, 19.0472, 73.8765)
Luminance	0.1905 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB4AE2 #81E24A

analogous

#5F4AE2 #AB4AE2 #E24ACD

triadic

#AB4AE2 #E2AB4A #4AE2AB

tetradic

#AB4AE2 #E25F4A #81E24A #4ACDE2

square

#AB4AE2 #E25F4A #81E24A #4ACDE2

split-complementary

#AB4AE2 #CDE24A #4AE25F

monochromatic

#6B1999 #8F21CE #AB4AE2 #C37FEA #DCB3F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.37

#AB4AE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.81

#AB4AE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AB4AE2

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB4AE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AB4AE2	1.00	4.37	4.81	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0074E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#357ADF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A46A90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab4ae2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 74, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.226 310.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c883ec',
    500: '#ab4ae2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab4ae2;
$custom-light: #c883ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab4ae2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.289,
    "s": 72.381,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60328,
    "c": 0.22596,
    "h": 310.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.19046
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB4AE2

secondary

#BCE2A6

accent

#EF397B

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9EFFD

border

#D2CAD5

text

#140B16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB4AE2

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

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