#AB5BDB#AB5BDB

#AB5BDB is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.196 H 310.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB5BDB
RGB	rgb(171, 91, 219)
HSL	hsl(278, 64%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(278, 58%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.9%, 58.4%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.23, 54.16, -52.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.23, 75.58, 315.77°)
OKLab	oklab(61.99% 0.1279 -0.1482)
OKLCH	oklch(61.99% 0.196 310.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.3195, 21.2553, 69.3515)
Luminance	0.2125 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB5BDB #8BDB5B

analogous

#6B5BDB #AB5BDB #DB5BCB

triadic

#AB5BDB #DBAB5B #5BDBAB

tetradic

#AB5BDB #DB6B5B #8BDB5B #5BCBDB

square

#AB5BDB #DB6B5B #8BDB5B #5BCBDB

split-complementary

#AB5BDB #CBDB5B #5BDB6B

monochromatic

#6D229A #902DCC #AB5BDB #C58DE6 #DEBFF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.00

#AB5BDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.25

#AB5BDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AB5BDB

5.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB5BDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AB5BDB	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)

#2E7BDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F81D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A57392

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab5bdb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 91, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.196 310.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c78de7',
    500: '#ab5bdb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab5bdb;
$custom-light: #c78de7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab5bdb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.5,
    "s": 64,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6199,
    "c": 0.19574,
    "h": 310.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21255
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB5BDB

secondary

#C3E1B1

accent

#CC1A5C

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FC

border

#D2CBD5

text

#130C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB5BDB

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

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