#AB55BB#AB55BB

#AB55BB is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.187; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.172 H 321.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB55BB
RGB	rgb(171, 85, 187)
HSL	hsl(291, 43%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(291, 55%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.6%, 54.5%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.39, 50.50, -38.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.39, 63.75, 322.39°)
OKLab	oklab(59.35% 0.1339 -0.1079)
OKLCH	oklch(59.35% 0.172 321.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.0117, 18.7441, 49.0939)
Luminance	0.1874 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB55BB #65BB55

analogous

#7855BB #AB55BB #BB5598

triadic

#AB55BB #BBAB55 #55BBAB

tetradic

#AB55BB #BB7855 #65BB55 #5598BB

square

#AB55BB #BB7855 #65BB55 #5598BB

split-complementary

#AB55BB #98BB55 #55BB78

monochromatic

#612B6B #883C97 #AB55BB #C181CC #D6ACDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.42

#AB55BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.75

#AB55BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AB55BB

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB55BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AB55BB	1.00	4.42	4.75	4.75
#FFFFFF	4.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4372BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F7BB8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD6380

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab55bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 85, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.172 321.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c689d0',
    500: '#ab55bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab55bb;
$custom-light: #c689d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab55bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.588,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59351,
    "c": 0.17199,
    "h": 321.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.18743
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB55BB

secondary

#A7CCA0

accent

#D35569

background

#FCF8FC

surface

#F8F0F9

border

#D1CBD2

text

#130C14

muted

#827D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB55BB

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

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