#AB56E3#AB56E3

#AB56E3 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.211 H 309.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB56E3
RGB	rgb(171, 86, 227)
HSL	hsl(276, 72%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(276, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.7%, 62.1%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.80, 58.35, -57.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.80, 82.22, 315.20°)
OKLab	oklab(61.83% 0.1338 -0.1634)
OKLCH	oklch(61.83% 0.211 309.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.9848, 20.8602, 74.8943)
Luminance	0.2086 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB56E3 #8EE356

analogous

#6556E3 #AB56E3 #E356D5

triadic

#AB56E3 #E3AB56 #56E3AB

tetradic

#AB56E3 #E36556 #8EE356 #56D5E3

square

#AB56E3 #E36556 #8EE356 #56D5E3

split-complementary

#AB56E3 #D5E356 #56E365

monochromatic

#6D1BA4 #9024D8 #AB56E3 #C58BEC #DFBFF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.06

#AB56E3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.17

#AB56E3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AB56E3

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB56E3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AB56E3	1.00	4.06	5.17	5.17
#FFFFFF	4.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#097AE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#427FE0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A37295

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab56e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 86, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.211 309.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c88aec',
    500: '#ab56e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab56e3;
$custom-light: #c88aec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab56e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.17,
    "s": 71.574,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61827,
    "c": 0.21123,
    "h": 309.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.2086
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB56E3

secondary

#C5E5B0

accent

#D4125F

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB56E3

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

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