#AB55E2#AB55E2

#AB55E2 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.206; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.212 H 309.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB55E2
RGB	rgb(171, 85, 226)
HSL	hsl(277, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(277, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.3%, 62.4%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.56, 58.61, -57.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.56, 82.28, 315.42°)
OKLab	oklab(61.64% 0.135 -0.1629)
OKLCH	oklch(61.64% 0.212 309.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.7679, 20.6465, 74.1431)
Luminance	0.2065 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB55E2 #8CE255

analogous

#6455E2 #AB55E2 #E255D2

triadic

#AB55E2 #E2AB55 #55E2AB

tetradic

#AB55E2 #E26455 #8CE255 #55D2E2

square

#AB55E2 #E26455 #8CE255 #55D2E2

split-complementary

#AB55E2 #D2E255 #55E264

monochromatic

#6D1BA1 #9024D5 #AB55E2 #C589EB #DFBEF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.09

#AB55E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.13

#AB55E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AB55E2

5.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB55E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AB55E2	1.00	4.09	5.13	5.13
#FFFFFF	4.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#067AE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#427FDF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A37194

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab55e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 85, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.212 309.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c88aec',
    500: '#ab55e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab55e2;
$custom-light: #c88aec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab55e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.596,
    "s": 70.854,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61637,
    "c": 0.21156,
    "h": 309.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20646
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB55E2

secondary

#C4E4AF

accent

#D3135E

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB55E2

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

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