#AB5ADE#AB5ADE

#AB5ADE is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.200 H 310.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB5ADE
RGB	rgb(171, 90, 222)
HSL	hsl(277, 67%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(277, 59%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(23%, 59.5%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.22, 55.31, -54.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.22, 77.60, 315.46°)
OKLab	oklab(62.04% 0.1291 -0.1532)
OKLCH	oklch(62.04% 0.2 310.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.6331, 21.2448, 71.4220)
Luminance	0.2124 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#AB5ADE #8DDE5A

analogous

#695ADE #AB5ADE #DE5ACF

triadic

#AB5ADE #DEAB5A #5ADEAB

tetradic

#AB5ADE #DE695A #8DDE5A #5ACFDE

square

#AB5ADE #DE695A #8DDE5A #5ACFDE

split-complementary

#AB5ADE #CFDE5A #5ADE69

monochromatic

#6D209E #902AD1 #AB5ADE #C58DE8 #DFC0F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.00

#AB5ADE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.25

#AB5ADE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AB5ADE

5.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB5ADE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AB5ADE	1.00	4.00	5.25	5.25
#FFFFFF	4.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#277BE2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B80DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A47394

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab5ade;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 90, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.200 310.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c78ce9',
    500: '#ab5ade',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab5ade;
$custom-light: #c78ce9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab5ade",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.818,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62037,
    "c": 0.20037,
    "h": 310.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.21244
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB5ADE

secondary

#C4E3B1

accent

#CF175E

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#130C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB5ADE

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

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