#AB5AD6#AB5AD6

#AB5AD6 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.192 H 312.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB5AD6
RGB	rgb(171, 90, 214)
HSL	hsl(279, 60%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(279, 58%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.1%, 57.9%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.76, 53.57, -50.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.76, 73.71, 316.62°)
OKLab	oklab(61.56% 0.129 -0.1421)
OKLCH	oklch(61.56% 0.192 312.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.5862, 20.8261, 65.9085)
Luminance	0.2082 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB5AD6 #85D65A

analogous

#6D5AD6 #AB5AD6 #D65AC3

triadic

#AB5AD6 #D6AB5A #5AD6AB

tetradic

#AB5AD6 #D66D5A #85D65A #5AC3D6

square

#AB5AD6 #D66D5A #85D65A #5AC3D6

split-complementary

#AB5AD6 #C3D65A #5AD66D

monochromatic

#6C2491 #9030C2 #AB5AD6 #C48BE2 #DDBCEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.07

#AB5AD6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.16

#AB5AD6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AB5AD6

5.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB5AD6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AB5AD6	1.00	4.07	5.16	5.16
#FFFFFF	4.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#327ADA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5280D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A67090

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab5ad6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 90, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.192 312.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c78ce3',
    500: '#ab5ad6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab5ad6;
$custom-light: #c78ce3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab5ad6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.194,
    "s": 60.194,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61556,
    "c": 0.19193,
    "h": 312.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.20825
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB5AD6

secondary

#BFDEAE

accent

#E3447C

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FC

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C15

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB5AD6

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

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