#AB56D9#AB56D9

#AB56D9 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.201 H 311.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB56D9
RGB	rgb(171, 86, 217)
HSL	hsl(279, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(279, 60%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.2%, 60.4%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.20, 56.18, -53.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.20, 77.39, 316.55°)
OKLab	oklab(61.21% 0.134 -0.1496)
OKLCH	oklch(61.21% 0.201 311.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.6445, 20.3240, 67.8355)
Luminance	0.2032 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB56D9 #84D956

analogous

#6A56D9 #AB56D9 #D956C6

triadic

#AB56D9 #D9AB56 #56D9AB

tetradic

#AB56D9 #D96A56 #84D956 #56C6D9

square

#AB56D9 #D96A56 #84D956 #56C6D9

split-complementary

#AB56D9 #C6D956 #56D96A

monochromatic

#6B2193 #902CC5 #AB56D9 #C488E4 #DDBAEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.15

#AB56D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.06

#AB56D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AB56D9

5.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB56D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AB56D9	1.00	4.15	5.06	5.06
#FFFFFF	4.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2478DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C7ED6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A66E90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab56d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 86, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.201 311.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c78ae5',
    500: '#ab56d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab56d9;
$custom-light: #c78ae5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab56d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.931,
    "s": 63.285,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61205,
    "c": 0.20088,
    "h": 311.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.20323
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB56D9

secondary

#BEDFAC

accent

#E6417B

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FC

border

#D2CBD5

text

#130C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB56D9

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

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