#AB56DD#AB56DD

#AB56DD is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.205 H 310.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB56DD
RGB	rgb(171, 86, 221)
HSL	hsl(278, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(278, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.6%, 61.1%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.44, 57.04, -55.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.44, 79.32, 315.98°)
OKLab	oklab(61.45% 0.134 -0.1552)
OKLCH	oklch(61.45% 0.205 310.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.1711, 20.5347, 70.6088)
Luminance	0.2053 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB56DD #88DD56

analogous

#6856DD #AB56DD #DD56CB

triadic

#AB56DD #DDAB56 #56DDAB

tetradic

#AB56DD #DD6856 #88DD56 #56CBDD

square

#AB56DD #DD6856 #88DD56 #56CBDD

split-complementary

#AB56DD #CBDD56 #56DD68

monochromatic

#6C1F9A #9029CD #AB56DD #C489E7 #DEBCF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.11

#AB56DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.11

#AB56DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AB56DD

5.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB56DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AB56DD	1.00	4.11	5.11	5.11
#FFFFFF	4.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1C79E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#487FDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A57092

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab56dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 86, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.205 310.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c78ae8',
    500: '#ab56dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab56dd;
$custom-light: #c78ae8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab56dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.778,
    "s": 66.502,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61451,
    "c": 0.20501,
    "h": 310.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.20534
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB56DD

secondary

#C1E1AE

accent

#CE175B

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#130C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB56DD

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

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