#AB56DB#AB56DB

#AB56DB is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.203 H 311.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB56DB
RGB	rgb(171, 86, 219)
HSL	hsl(278, 65%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(278, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.9%, 60.7%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.32, 56.61, -54.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.32, 78.36, 316.26°)
OKLab	oklab(61.33% 0.134 -0.1524)
OKLCH	oklch(61.33% 0.203 311.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.9062, 20.4287, 69.2138)
Luminance	0.2043 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB56DB #86DB56

analogous

#6956DB #AB56DB #DB56C8

triadic

#AB56DB #DBAB56 #56DBAB

tetradic

#AB56DB #DB6956 #86DB56 #56C8DB

square

#AB56DB #DB6956 #86DB56 #56C8DB

split-complementary

#AB56DB #C8DB56 #56DB69

monochromatic

#6C2097 #902BC9 #AB56DB #C488E6 #DDBBF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.13

#AB56DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.09

#AB56DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AB56DB

5.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB56DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AB56DB	1.00	4.13	5.09	5.09
#FFFFFF	4.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2179DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A7ED8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A56F91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab56db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 86, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.203 311.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c78ae7',
    500: '#ab56db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab56db;
$custom-light: #c78ae7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab56db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.346,
    "s": 64.878,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61328,
    "c": 0.20294,
    "h": 311.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.20428
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB56DB

secondary

#BFE0AD

accent

#E8407D

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FC

border

#D2CBD5

text

#130C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB56DB

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

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