#AB56E4#AB56E4

#AB56E4 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.212 H 309.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB56E4
RGB	rgb(171, 86, 228)
HSL	hsl(276, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(276, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(25%, 62.3%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.86, 58.57, -58.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.86, 82.71, 315.08°)
OKLab	oklab(61.89% 0.1338 -0.1648)
OKLCH	oklch(61.89% 0.212 309.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.1232, 20.9155, 75.6232)
Luminance	0.2092 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB56E4 #8FE456

analogous

#6456E4 #AB56E4 #E456D6

triadic

#AB56E4 #E4AB56 #56E4AB

tetradic

#AB56E4 #E46456 #8FE456 #56D6E4

square

#AB56E4 #E46456 #8FE456 #56D6E4

split-complementary

#AB56E4 #D6E456 #56E464

monochromatic

#6D1AA5 #9023DA #AB56E4 #C58BEC #DFC0F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.05

#AB56E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.18

#AB56E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AB56E4

5.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB56E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AB56E4	1.00	4.05	5.18	5.18
#FFFFFF	4.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#037BE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#417FE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A37295

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab56e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 86, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.212 309.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c88aed',
    500: '#ab56e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab56e4;
$custom-light: #c88aed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab56e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.915,
    "s": 72.449,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61891,
    "c": 0.21227,
    "h": 309.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20915
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB56E4

secondary

#C6E5B0

accent

#D5115F

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB56E4

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

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