#AB4AE5#AB4AE5

#AB4AE5 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.192; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.229 H 309.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB4AE5
RGB	rgb(171, 74, 229)
HSL	hsl(278, 75%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(278, 68%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.3%, 67.7%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.94, 64.26, -62.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.94, 89.33, 316.00°)
OKLab	oklab(60.53% 0.1469 -0.1755)
OKLCH	oklch(60.53% 0.229 309.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.3835, 19.2133, 76.0635)
Luminance	0.1921 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB4AE5 #84E54A

analogous

#5E4AE5 #AB4AE5 #E54AD2

triadic

#AB4AE5 #E5AB4A #4AE5AB

tetradic

#AB4AE5 #E55E4A #84E54A #4AD2E5

square

#AB4AE5 #E55E4A #84E54A #4AD2E5

split-complementary

#AB4AE5 #D2E54A #4AE55E

monochromatic

#6B179E #901ED3 #AB4AE5 #C480ED #DDB5F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.34

#AB4AE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.84

#AB4AE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AB4AE5

4.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB4AE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AB4AE5	1.00	4.34	4.84	4.84
#FFFFFF	4.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0075EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#307BE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A36B92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab4ae5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 74, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.229 309.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c883ee',
    500: '#ab4ae5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab4ae5;
$custom-light: #c883ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab4ae5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.548,
    "s": 74.879,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60528,
    "c": 0.22887,
    "h": 309.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.19213
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB4AE5

secondary

#BEE4A7

accent

#F1367C

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140B16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB4AE5

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

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