#AB5AEE#AB5AEE

#AB5AEE is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.217 H 306.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB5AEE
RGB	rgb(171, 90, 238)
HSL	hsl(273, 81%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(273, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.2%, 62.2%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.18, 58.87, -61.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.18, 85.41, 313.57°)
OKLab	oklab(63.04% 0.1287 -0.1751)
OKLCH	oklch(63.04% 0.217 306.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.8801, 22.1436, 83.2563)
Luminance	0.2214 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB5AEE #9DEE5A

analogous

#615AEE #AB5AEE #EE5AE7

triadic

#AB5AEE #EEAB5A #5AEEAB

tetradic

#AB5AEE #EE615A #9DEE5A #5AE7EE

square

#AB5AEE #EE615A #9DEE5A #5AE7EE

split-complementary

#AB5AEE #E7EE5A #5AEE61

monochromatic

#6F13BA #8F23E8 #AB5AEE #C791F4 #E3C9F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.87

#AB5AEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.43

#AB5AEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AB5AEE

5.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB5AEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AB5AEE	1.00	3.87	5.43	5.43
#FFFFFF	3.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007FF3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3A82EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A0789C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab5aee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 90, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.217 306.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c88df4',
    500: '#ab5aee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab5aee;
$custom-light: #c88df4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab5aee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.838,
    "s": 81.319,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63044,
    "c": 0.21729,
    "h": 306.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.22143
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB5AEE

secondary

#CFECB8

accent

#DE0869

background

#FCF8FF

surface

#F9F0FE

border

#D2CBD6

text

#140C17

muted

#827D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB5AEE

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

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