#AB51E1#AB51E1

#AB51E1 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.200; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.216 H 310.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB51E1
RGB	rgb(171, 81, 225)
HSL	hsl(278, 71%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(278, 64%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(24%, 64%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.81, 60.27, -58.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.81, 83.91, 315.91°)
OKLab	oklab(61.08% 0.1396 -0.1647)
OKLCH	oklch(61.08% 0.216 310.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.3250, 19.9797, 73.3205)
Luminance	0.1998 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB51E1 #87E151

analogous

#6351E1 #AB51E1 #E151CF

triadic

#AB51E1 #E1AB51 #51E1AB

tetradic

#AB51E1 #E16351 #87E151 #51CFE1

square

#AB51E1 #E16351 #87E151 #51CFE1

split-complementary

#AB51E1 #CFE151 #51E163

monochromatic

#6C1B9D #9024D1 #AB51E1 #C485EA #DDB9F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.20

#AB51E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.00

#AB51E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AB51E1

5.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB51E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AB51E1	1.00	4.20	5.00	5.00
#FFFFFF	4.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0077E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E7DDE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A46E92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab51e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 81, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.216 310.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c887eb',
    500: '#ab51e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab51e1;
$custom-light: #c887eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab51e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.5,
    "s": 70.588,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61079,
    "c": 0.21595,
    "h": 310.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.19979
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB51E1

secondary

#C0E3AB

accent

#ED3A7E

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB51E1

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

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