#AB56EB#AB56EB

#AB56EB is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.220 H 307.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB56EB
RGB	rgb(171, 86, 235)
HSL	hsl(274, 79%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(274, 63%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.2%, 63.4%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.29, 60.11, -61.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.29, 86.10, 314.28°)
OKLab	oklab(62.34% 0.1334 -0.1743)
OKLCH	oklch(62.34% 0.22 307.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.1147, 21.3121, 80.8449)
Luminance	0.2131 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#AB56EB #96EB56

analogous

#6056EB #AB56EB #EB56E1

triadic

#AB56EB #EBAB56 #56EBAB

tetradic

#AB56EB #EB6056 #96EB56 #56E1EB

square

#AB56EB #EB6056 #96EB56 #56E1EB

split-complementary

#AB56EB #E1EB56 #56EB60

monochromatic

#6E15B2 #901FE5 #AB56EB #C68DF1 #E1C3F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.99

#AB56EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.26

#AB56EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AB56EB

5.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB56EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AB56EB	1.00	3.99	5.26	5.26
#FFFFFF	3.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007CF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3980E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A17599

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab56eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 86, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.220 307.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c88af2',
    500: '#ab56eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab56eb;
$custom-light: #c88af2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab56eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.228,
    "s": 78.836,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62342,
    "c": 0.21952,
    "h": 307.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.21312
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB56EB

secondary

#CBE9B4

accent

#DB0A64

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140C17

muted

#827D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB56EB

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

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