#AB5AE5#AB5AE5

#AB5AE5 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.208 H 308.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB5AE5
RGB	rgb(171, 90, 229)
HSL	hsl(275, 73%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(275, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.3%, 60.7%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.63, 56.85, -57.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.63, 81.02, 314.56°)
OKLab	oklab(62.47% 0.129 -0.1628)
OKLCH	oklch(62.47% 0.208 308.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.5908, 21.6279, 76.4659)
Luminance	0.2163 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB5AE5 #94E55A

analogous

#655AE5 #AB5AE5 #E55ADA

triadic

#AB5AE5 #E5AB5A #5AE5AB

tetradic

#AB5AE5 #E5655A #94E55A #5ADAE5

square

#AB5AE5 #E5655A #94E55A #5ADAE5

split-complementary

#AB5AE5 #DAE55A #5AE565

monochromatic

#6E1BAA #9025DD #AB5AE5 #C68FED #E1C4F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.94

#AB5AE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.33

#AB5AE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AB5AE5

5.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB5AE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AB5AE5	1.00	3.94	5.33	5.33
#FFFFFF	3.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#187DE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4581E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A27597

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab5ae5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 90, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.208 308.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c88dee',
    500: '#ab5ae5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab5ae5;
$custom-light: #c88dee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab5ae5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.964,
    "s": 72.775,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62471,
    "c": 0.20777,
    "h": 308.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.21627
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB5AE5

secondary

#C9E7B4

accent

#D51163

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#130C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB5AE5

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

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