#AB56E1#AB56E1

#AB56E1 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.207; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.209 H 309.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB56E1
RGB	rgb(171, 86, 225)
HSL	hsl(277, 70%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(277, 62%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(24%, 61.8%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.68, 57.91, -57.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.68, 81.26, 315.46°)
OKLab	oklab(61.7% 0.1339 -0.1607)
OKLCH	oklch(61.7% 0.209 309.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.7104, 20.7504, 73.4490)
Luminance	0.2075 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB56E1 #8CE156

analogous

#6556E1 #AB56E1 #E156D1

triadic

#AB56E1 #E1AB56 #56E1AB

tetradic

#AB56E1 #E16556 #8CE156 #56D1E1

square

#AB56E1 #E16556 #8CE156 #56D1E1

split-complementary

#AB56E1 #D1E156 #56E165

monochromatic

#6D1CA0 #9026D4 #AB56E1 #C58AEA #DFBEF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.08

#AB56E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.15

#AB56E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AB56E1

5.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB56E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AB56E1	1.00	4.08	5.15	5.15
#FFFFFF	4.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#117AE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#447FDE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A47194

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab56e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 86, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.209 309.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c88aeb',
    500: '#ab56e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab56e1;
$custom-light: #c88aeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab56e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.691,
    "s": 69.849,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61701,
    "c": 0.20915,
    "h": 309.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.2075
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB56E1

secondary

#C4E4AF

accent

#D2145E

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#130C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB56E1

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

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