#AB56E6#AB56E6

#AB56E6 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.210; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.214 H 308.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB56E6
RGB	rgb(171, 86, 230)
HSL	hsl(275, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(275, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.7%, 62.6%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.98, 59.01, -59.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.98, 83.68, 314.84°)
OKLab	oklab(62.02% 0.1337 -0.1675)
OKLCH	oklch(62.02% 0.214 308.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.4024, 21.0272, 77.0939)
Luminance	0.2103 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB56E6 #91E656

analogous

#6356E6 #AB56E6 #E656D9

triadic

#AB56E6 #E6AB56 #56E6AB

tetradic

#AB56E6 #E66356 #91E656 #56D9E6

square

#AB56E6 #E66356 #91E656 #56D9E6

split-complementary

#AB56E6 #D9E656 #56E663

monochromatic

#6E19A9 #9021DE #AB56E6 #C68BEE #E0C1F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.03

#AB56E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.21

#AB56E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AB56E6

5.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB56E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AB56E6	1.00	4.03	5.21	5.21
#FFFFFF	4.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007BEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F80E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A27396

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab56e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 86, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.214 308.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c88aef',
    500: '#ab56e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab56e6;
$custom-light: #c88aef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab56e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.417,
    "s": 74.227,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62019,
    "c": 0.21433,
    "h": 308.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21027
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB56E6

secondary

#C7E6B1

accent

#D60F61

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB56E6

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

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