#AB4CE5#AB4CE5

#AB4CE5 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.195; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.226 H 309.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB4CE5
RGB	rgb(171, 76, 229)
HSL	hsl(277, 75%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(277, 67%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.3%, 66.8%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.25, 63.39, -61.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.25, 88.35, 315.84°)
OKLab	oklab(60.75% 0.1448 -0.174)
OKLCH	oklch(60.75% 0.226 309.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.5191, 19.4846, 76.1087)
Luminance	0.1948 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB4CE5 #86E54C

analogous

#5F4CE5 #AB4CE5 #E54CD2

triadic

#AB4CE5 #E5AB4C #4CE5AB

tetradic

#AB4CE5 #E55F4C #86E54C #4CD2E5

square

#AB4CE5 #E55F4C #86E54C #4CD2E5

split-complementary

#AB4CE5 #D2E54C #4CE55F

monochromatic

#6C179F #901FD5 #AB4CE5 #C481ED #DDB7F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.29

#AB4CE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.90

#AB4CE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AB4CE5

4.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB4CE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AB4CE5	1.00	4.29	4.90	4.90
#FFFFFF	4.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0076EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#337CE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A36C93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab4ce5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 76, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.226 309.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c885ee',
    500: '#ab4ce5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab4ce5;
$custom-light: #c885ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab4ce5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.255,
    "s": 74.634,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60753,
    "c": 0.22639,
    "h": 309.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.19484
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB4CE5

secondary

#BFE4A9

accent

#F1377D

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140B16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB4CE5

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

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