#AB55D9#AB55D9

#AB55D9 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.202; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.202 H 311.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB55D9
RGB	rgb(171, 85, 217)
HSL	hsl(279, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(279, 61%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.2%, 60.8%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.02, 56.67, -53.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.02, 77.94, 316.64°)
OKLab	oklab(61.08% 0.1352 -0.1505)
OKLCH	oklch(61.08% 0.202 311.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.5652, 20.1655, 67.8090)
Luminance	0.2016 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB55D9 #83D955

analogous

#6955D9 #AB55D9 #D955C5

triadic

#AB55D9 #D9AB55 #55D9AB

tetradic

#AB55D9 #D96955 #83D955 #55C5D9

square

#AB55D9 #D96955 #83D955 #55C5D9

split-complementary

#AB55D9 #C5D955 #55D969

monochromatic

#6B2193 #902CC5 #AB55D9 #C487E4 #DCB9EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.17

#AB55D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.03

#AB55D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AB55D9

5.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB55D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AB55D9	1.00	4.17	5.03	5.03
#FFFFFF	4.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2178DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B7ED6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A66E8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab55d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 85, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.202 311.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c789e5',
    500: '#ab55d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab55d9;
$custom-light: #c789e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab55d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.091,
    "s": 63.462,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61076,
    "c": 0.20231,
    "h": 311.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20165
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB55D9

secondary

#BDDFAB

accent

#E6417B

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FC

border

#D2CBD5

text

#130C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB55D9

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

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