#AB5BDD#AB5BDD

#AB5BDD is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.198 H 310.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB5BDD
RGB	rgb(171, 91, 221)
HSL	hsl(277, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(277, 59%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.6%, 58.8%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.34, 54.59, -53.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.34, 76.56, 315.49°)
OKLab	oklab(62.11% 0.1279 -0.151)
OKLCH	oklch(62.11% 0.198 310.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.5843, 21.3612, 70.7465)
Luminance	0.2136 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB5BDD #8DDD5B

analogous

#6A5BDD #AB5BDD #DD5BCE

triadic

#AB5BDD #DDAB5B #5BDDAB

tetradic

#AB5BDD #DD6A5B #8DDD5B #5BCEDD

square

#AB5BDD #DD6A5B #8DDD5B #5BCEDD

split-complementary

#AB5BDD #CEDD5B #5BDD6A

monochromatic

#6D219D #902BD0 #AB5BDD #C58EE8 #DFC0F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.98

#AB5BDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.27

#AB5BDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AB5BDD

5.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB5BDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AB5BDD	1.00	3.98	5.27	5.27
#FFFFFF	3.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2B7CE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D81DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A57394

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab5bdd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 91, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.198 310.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c78de8',
    500: '#ab5bdd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab5bdd;
$custom-light: #c78de8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab5bdd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.923,
    "s": 65.657,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6211,
    "c": 0.19786,
    "h": 310.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21361
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB5BDD

secondary

#C4E2B1

accent

#CE185E

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#130C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB5BDD

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

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