#AB51DE#AB51DE

#AB51DE is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.198; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.213 H 311.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB51DE
RGB	rgb(171, 81, 222)
HSL	hsl(278, 68%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(278, 64%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(23%, 63.5%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.63, 59.63, -56.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.63, 82.47, 316.30°)
OKLab	oklab(60.89% 0.1398 -0.1606)
OKLCH	oklch(60.89% 0.213 311)
XYZ	xyz(32.9194, 19.8175, 71.1841)
Luminance	0.1982 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB51DE #84DE51

analogous

#6551DE #AB51DE #DE51CB

triadic

#AB51DE #DEAB51 #51DEAB

tetradic

#AB51DE #DE6551 #84DE51 #51CBDE

square

#AB51DE #DE6551 #84DE51 #51CBDE

split-complementary

#AB51DE #CBDE51 #51DE65

monochromatic

#6B1D98 #9027CB #AB51DE #C484E8 #DDB8F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.23

#AB51DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.96

#AB51DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AB51DE

4.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB51DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AB51DE	1.00	4.23	4.96	4.96
#FFFFFF	4.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0077E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#427DDB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A56D90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab51de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 81, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.213 311.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c887e9',
    500: '#ab51de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab51de;
$custom-light: #c887e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab51de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.298,
    "s": 68.116,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60887,
    "c": 0.21292,
    "h": 311
  },
  "luminance": 0.19817
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB51DE

secondary

#BEE1AA

accent

#EB3D7C

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB51DE

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

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