#AB56E2#AB56E2

#AB56E2 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.210 H 309.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB56E2
RGB	rgb(171, 86, 226)
HSL	hsl(276, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(276, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.3%, 61.9%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.74, 58.13, -57.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.74, 81.74, 315.33°)
OKLab	oklab(61.76% 0.1338 -0.1621)
OKLCH	oklch(61.76% 0.21 309.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.8472, 20.8051, 74.1695)
Luminance	0.2080 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB56E2 #8DE256

analogous

#6556E2 #AB56E2 #E256D3

triadic

#AB56E2 #E2AB56 #56E2AB

tetradic

#AB56E2 #E26556 #8DE256 #56D3E2

square

#AB56E2 #E26556 #8DE256 #56D3E2

split-complementary

#AB56E2 #D3E256 #56E265

monochromatic

#6D1CA2 #9025D6 #AB56E2 #C58AEB #DFBEF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.07

#AB56E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.16

#AB56E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AB56E2

5.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB56E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AB56E2	1.00	4.07	5.16	5.16
#FFFFFF	4.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0D7AE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#437FDF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A37294

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab56e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 86, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.210 309.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c88aec',
    500: '#ab56e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab56e2;
$custom-light: #c88aec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab56e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.429,
    "s": 70.707,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61764,
    "c": 0.21019,
    "h": 309.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.20804
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB56E2

secondary

#C4E4B0

accent

#D3135E

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#130C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB56E2

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

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