#AB56BD#AB56BD

#AB56BD is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.172 H 320.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB56BD
RGB	rgb(171, 86, 189)
HSL	hsl(290, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(290, 54%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.5%, 54.5%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.67, 50.40, -39.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.67, 64.10, 321.84°)
OKLab	oklab(59.6% 0.1328 -0.1099)
OKLCH	oklch(59.6% 0.172 320.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.3066, 18.9889, 50.2557)
Luminance	0.1899 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#AB56BD #68BD56

analogous

#7856BD #AB56BD #BD569C

triadic

#AB56BD #BDAB56 #56BDAB

tetradic

#AB56BD #BD7856 #68BD56 #569CBD

square

#AB56BD #BD7856 #68BD56 #569CBD

split-complementary

#AB56BD #9CBD56 #56BD78

monochromatic

#622B6E #893C9A #AB56BD #C182CE #D7AEDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.38

#AB56BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.80

#AB56BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AB56BD

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB56BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AB56BD	1.00	4.38	4.80	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4373C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F7CBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC6581

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab56bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 86, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.172 320.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c689d1',
    500: '#ab56bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab56bd;
$custom-light: #c689d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab56bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.515,
    "s": 43.83,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59595,
    "c": 0.17239,
    "h": 320.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.18988
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB56BD

secondary

#A9CDA1

accent

#D4546A

background

#FCF8FC

surface

#F8F0F9

border

#D1CBD2

text

#130C14

muted

#827D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB56BD

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

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