#AB4EDE#AB4EDE

#AB4EDE is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.194; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.217 H 311.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB4EDE
RGB	rgb(171, 78, 222)
HSL	hsl(279, 69%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(279, 65%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(23%, 64.9%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.13, 61.00, -57.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.13, 84.02, 316.55°)
OKLab	oklab(60.53% 0.1432 -0.163)
OKLCH	oklch(60.53% 0.217 311.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.7013, 19.3814, 71.1114)
Luminance	0.1938 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB4EDE #81DE4E

analogous

#634EDE #AB4EDE #DE4EC9

triadic

#AB4EDE #DEAB4E #4EDEAB

tetradic

#AB4EDE #DE634E #81DE4E #4EC9DE

square

#AB4EDE #DE634E #81DE4E #4EC9DE

split-complementary

#AB4EDE #C9DE4E #4EDE63

monochromatic

#6B1C96 #8F26C9 #AB4EDE #C382E8 #DCB5F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.31

#AB4EDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.88

#AB4EDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AB4EDE

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB4EDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AB4EDE	1.00	4.31	4.88	4.88
#FFFFFF	4.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0075E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E7CDB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A56B8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab4ede;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 78, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.217 311.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c885e9',
    500: '#ab4ede',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab4ede;
$custom-light: #c885e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab4ede",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.75,
    "s": 68.571,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60527,
    "c": 0.21692,
    "h": 311.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.19381
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB4EDE

secondary

#BCE0A8

accent

#EB3C7A

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140B16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB4EDE

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

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