#AB55E4#AB55E4

#AB55E4 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.214 H 309.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB55E4
RGB	rgb(171, 85, 228)
HSL	hsl(276, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(276, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(25%, 62.7%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.68, 59.04, -58.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.68, 83.24, 315.18°)
OKLab	oklab(61.77% 0.1349 -0.1656)
OKLCH	oklch(61.77% 0.214 309.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.0439, 20.7570, 75.5968)
Luminance	0.2076 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB55E4 #8EE455

analogous

#6455E4 #AB55E4 #E455D6

triadic

#AB55E4 #E4AB55 #55E4AB

tetradic

#AB55E4 #E46455 #8EE455 #55D6E4

square

#AB55E4 #E46455 #8EE455 #55D6E4

split-complementary

#AB55E4 #D6E455 #55E464

monochromatic

#6D1AA4 #9023D9 #AB55E4 #C58AEC #DFBFF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.08

#AB55E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.15

#AB55E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AB55E4

5.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB55E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AB55E4	1.00	4.08	5.15	5.15
#FFFFFF	4.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007AE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#407FE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A37295

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab55e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 85, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.214 309.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c88aed',
    500: '#ab55e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab55e4;
$custom-light: #c88aed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab55e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.084,
    "s": 72.589,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61765,
    "c": 0.21362,
    "h": 309.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.20756
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB55E4

secondary

#C5E5B0

accent

#D5115F

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB55E4

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

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