#AB56D6#AB56D6

#AB56D6 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.202; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.198 H 312.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB56D6
RGB	rgb(171, 86, 214)
HSL	hsl(280, 61%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(280, 60%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.1%, 59.8%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.03, 55.54, -51.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.03, 75.95, 317.00°)
OKLab	oklab(61.02% 0.134 -0.1455)
OKLCH	oklch(61.02% 0.198 312.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.2578, 20.1694, 65.7991)
Luminance	0.2017 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB56D6 #81D656

analogous

#6B56D6 #AB56D6 #D656C1

triadic

#AB56D6 #D6AB56 #56D6AB

tetradic

#AB56D6 #D66B56 #81D656 #56C1D6

square

#AB56D6 #D66B56 #81D656 #56C1D6

split-complementary

#AB56D6 #C1D656 #56D66B

monochromatic

#6B238F #8F2FC0 #AB56D6 #C387E2 #DCB9EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.17

#AB56D6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.03

#AB56D6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AB56D6

5.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB56D6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AB56D6	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)

#2978DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E7ED3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A76D8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab56d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 86, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.198 312.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c78ae3',
    500: '#ab56d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab56d6;
$custom-light: #c78ae3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab56d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.844,
    "s": 60.952,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61023,
    "c": 0.19778,
    "h": 312.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.20169
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB56D6

secondary

#BCDDAB

accent

#E4447A

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FC

border

#D2CBD5

text

#130C15

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB56D6

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

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