#AB5BD9#AB5BD9

#AB5BD9 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.194 H 311.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB5BD9
RGB	rgb(171, 91, 217)
HSL	hsl(278, 62%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(278, 58%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.2%, 58.1%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.11, 53.72, -51.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.11, 74.61, 316.06°)
OKLab	oklab(61.87% 0.1278 -0.1454)
OKLCH	oklch(61.87% 0.194 311.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.0578, 21.1506, 67.9732)
Luminance	0.2115 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB5BD9 #89D95B

analogous

#6C5BD9 #AB5BD9 #D95BC8

triadic

#AB5BD9 #D9AB5B #5BD9AB

tetradic

#AB5BD9 #D96C5B #89D95B #5BC8D9

square

#AB5BD9 #D96C5B #89D95B #5BC8D9

split-complementary

#AB5BD9 #C8D95B #5BD96C

monochromatic

#6C2397 #902EC8 #AB5BD9 #C48DE5 #DEBEF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.02

#AB5BD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.23

#AB5BD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AB5BD9

5.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB5BD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AB5BD9	1.00	4.02	5.23	5.23
#FFFFFF	4.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#307BDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5180D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A67291

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab5bd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 91, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.194 311.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c78de5',
    500: '#ab5bd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab5bd9;
$custom-light: #c78de5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab5bd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.095,
    "s": 62.376,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6187,
    "c": 0.19362,
    "h": 311.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.2115
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB5BD9

secondary

#C1E0B0

accent

#CA1B5B

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FC

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB5BD9

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

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