#AB55DE#AB55DE

#AB55DE is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.207 H 310.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB55DE
RGB	rgb(171, 85, 222)
HSL	hsl(278, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(278, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(23%, 61.7%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.32, 57.74, -55.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.32, 80.35, 315.94°)
OKLab	oklab(61.39% 0.1351 -0.1574)
OKLCH	oklch(61.39% 0.207 310.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.2254, 20.4296, 71.2861)
Luminance	0.2043 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB55DE #88DE55

analogous

#6655DE #AB55DE #DE55CD

triadic

#AB55DE #DEAB55 #55DEAB

tetradic

#AB55DE #DE6655 #88DE55 #55CDDE

square

#AB55DE #DE6655 #88DE55 #55CDDE

split-complementary

#AB55DE #CDDE55 #55DE66

monochromatic

#6C1E9B #9028CE #AB55DE #C488E8 #DEBCF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.13

#AB55DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.09

#AB55DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AB55DE

5.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB55DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AB55DE	1.00	4.13	5.09	5.09
#FFFFFF	4.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1679E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#467EDB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A46F92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab55de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 85, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.207 310.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c88ae9',
    500: '#ab55de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab55de;
$custom-light: #c88ae9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab55de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.664,
    "s": 67.488,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61386,
    "c": 0.20744,
    "h": 310.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.20429
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB55DE

secondary

#C1E2AD

accent

#CF165B

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#130C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB55DE

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

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