#AB59DE#AB59DE

#AB59DE is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.202 H 310.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB59DE
RGB	rgb(171, 89, 222)
HSL	hsl(277, 67%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(277, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(23%, 59.9%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.03, 55.80, -54.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.03, 78.16, 315.56°)
OKLab	oklab(61.9% 0.1303 -0.1541)
OKLCH	oklch(61.9% 0.202 310.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.5493, 21.0773, 71.3941)
Luminance	0.2108 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB59DE #8CDE59

analogous

#6859DE #AB59DE #DE59CF

triadic

#AB59DE #DEAB59 #59DEAB

tetradic

#AB59DE #DE6859 #8CDE59 #59CFDE

square

#AB59DE #DE6859 #8CDE59 #59CFDE

split-complementary

#AB59DE #CFDE59 #59DE68

monochromatic

#6D1F9D #9029D0 #AB59DE #C58CE8 #DFBFF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.03

#AB59DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.22

#AB59DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AB59DE

5.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB59DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AB59DE	1.00	4.03	5.22	5.22
#FFFFFF	4.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#247BE2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A80DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A47293

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab59de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 89, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.202 310.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c78ce9',
    500: '#ab59de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab59de;
$custom-light: #c78ce9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab59de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.992,
    "s": 66.834,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61904,
    "c": 0.2018,
    "h": 310.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21077
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB59DE

secondary

#C4E2B0

accent

#CF175D

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#130C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB59DE

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

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